About ACIS

Major responsibilities in each Division

Operation and Strategy Division

This division is in charge of the overall planning and coordination of activities done in ACIS, agricultural-chemicals GLP Compliance Monitoring Program,, international harmonization work about regulation of agricultural chemicals, investigation about agricultural chemicals, collection and analysis of information about agricultural chemicals.

Pesticide Registration Division

Receipt of registration application form

This division takes the overall planning and coordination with respect to pesticide inspection(including on-site inspection).

Toxicological Evaluation Division

Reviews the toxicological study reports submitted by the applicant

This division reviews the toxicological study reports submitted by the applicant in order to evaluate risks of pesticide to human health, and determines the precautions on the label to ensure safe use of pesticides.

Environmental Fate and Behavior Evaluation Division

Pesticide residue analysis in soil

This division evaluates the environmental fate and behavior in soil, water and atmosphere, physical/chemical property of active ingredients, water-pollution.

Physical and Chemical Properties Evaluation Division

Active ingredients analysis in end-use-product by GC

This division examines quality of chemical pesticides(both active ingredients and end-use-products), physical/chemical property, stability and analytical methods of them are also reviewed. It further inspects the quality of the products on sale collected from manufacturers and distributors.

Efficacy and Phyto-toxicity Evaluation Division

Identification of natural enemy using sanning electron microscope

This division evaluates efficacy/side-effect(e.g. phyto-toxicity) of pesticide, risks of pesticides to beneficial organisms(bee, silkworm, natural enemy). Furthermore, the quality of bio-pesticides is also reviewed.

Pesticide Residue Evaluation Division

Pesticide residue analysis in crop

This division evaluates pesticide residue and fate in crops and provides application rate, methods and post harvest interval of pesticides in order to prevent the residue from exceeding the tolerance established by Minister of the Environment.

Eco-toxicology Evaluation Division

Japanese ricefish and other organisms for aquatic organisms test

This division evaluates risks of pesticides to aquatic organisms (fish, Daphnia and algae), beneficial organisms other than aquatic organisms etc.

Pesticide Research Division

LC-MS determination of impurities in TGAI

This division tackles research/study to improve pesticide inspection/evaluation methods, taking into account the current situation.