SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B.NO. 1088 
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Introduced by Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA m 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is one of the paramount duties of the State to safeguard the health and the general 
well-being of the consumers. To this end, the State has been laying down policies and setting 
regulations which ensure that products and services being marketed and offered to the public 
are safe and effective. 
The Urban Pest Control Industry, an industry that extensively deals with chemicals 
and substances regularly being used inside homes, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other 
commercial and business establishments, is relatively unregulated especially when it comes 
to the quality, safety and effectiveness of pest control products and pest control treatments 
that the operators utilized. 
As it is, there are many individuals and fly-by-night pest control companies that use 
chemicals that did not pass through extensive and intensive field trials to ensure bio-efficacy, 
long lasting residual efficacy and enviromnental safety. There are those pest control/pest 
management operators that do not comply with consumer and environmental standards and 
whose quality of general pest control treatments are dubious. There is now even a 
proliferation of "in-house" pest control activities by business establishments who prefer to cut 
down on costs rather than exert concern for the health and well-being of their clients - the 
literal victims of pesticide misuse by staff members who use pesticides indiscriminately 
without benefit of technical knowledge and proper training. Worse, they mask fresh pesticide 
treatments with synthetic perfumes to maximize customer patronage and occupancy. 
With the market being deluged by hazardous and ineffective products, it is about time 
that a strict regulation on the urban pest control industry be implemented and imposed. 
The urgent passage of tbis bill is sought. 
TO "TG" GUINGONA III 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA ill 
AN ACT EXPANDING THE JURISDICTION OF THE FERTILIZER AND 
PESTICIDE AUTHORITY (F.P.A.), DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, TO INCLUDE THE 
REGULATION OF THE URBAN PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AMENDING 
FOR THIS PURPOSE P.D. 1144, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the Urban Pest Management Act of2013. 
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SECTION 2. Declaration qf Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to undertake 
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all measures to regulate the urban pest control industry in order to safeguard the health and 
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property of the public, protect the interest of the consumers, and ensure that hazardous 
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pesticides are not in any way misused or utilized for terrorist activities. Towards this end, the 
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State shall implement the following objectives: 
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a) Protection against all hazards and potential threats to public health, safety, and 
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property; 
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b) Imposition of a NO-SALE REGULATION to the general public of pesticides that are 
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not under the "ready-to-use" category; 
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c) Provision of information and education on the proper use/application of 
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pesticides/insecticides! other pest control chemicals as well as on the risks inherent in 
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the use thereof; 
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d) \Provision of adequate rights and means of redress; 
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e) Protection of environment and provision for environmental safety measures, with the 
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subsequent police power to enforce regulations. 
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f) Direct regulation of all urban pesticide usage in strict coordination and concurrence 
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with an organized body of the pest management industry to be accredited by the 
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Department of Trade and Industry. 
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SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act: 
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a) Household/Structural Pest - organism which may cause illness or damage or consume 
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food crops and other materials important to human. It includes but not limited to 
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mosquitoes, ants, spiders, mice, termites, cockroaches, rats, weeds, and even plant 
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diseases that may be found in an urban environment. 
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b) Urban environment - variety of locations that are non-agricultural. It includes but not 
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limited to indoor and outdoor locations as well as private and public locations. 
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c) Pesticides - any substance or product, or mixture thereof, including active ingredients, 
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adjuvant, and pesticide formulations, intended to control, prevent, destroy, repel or 
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mitigate directly or indirectly, any household/structural pest. The term shall be 
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understood to include insecticide, termiticide, fumigants, fungicide, bactericide, 
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herbicide, rodenticide, plant regulators and the like. 
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d) Other urban pest control chemicals - chemicals, chemical inputs and chemical 
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compounds not herewith covered by the definition of pesticide but utilized by the 
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urban pest control/pest management operators. 
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e) Pest Management/Pest Control Operators - exporters, importers, manufacturers, 
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formulators, distributors, suppliers, wholesalers, dealers, repackers, commercial 
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applicators, warehousers, and retailer of pesticides and other urban pest control 
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chemicals. 
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SECTION 4. Powers and Functions. The FPA shall have jurisdiction over all existing Urban 
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Pest ManagementlPest Control Operators, Urban Pesticides, and all allied industries like 
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pesticide formulators, manufacturers, and distributors. In addition to those mandated in 
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Presidential Decree 1144, as may be applicable to the urban pest control industry, the FPA 
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shall have the following powers and functions: 
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a) To receive and act on complaints from consumers regarding the effectiveness and 
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safety ofthe pest control products and the manner of its application. 
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b) Investigate complaints and issue resolutions thereof after due notice and hearing. 
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c) Promulgate guidelines for the proper and safe disposal of used chemical containers, 
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unused pest control chemicals and other hazardous substances. 
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d) Impose legal sanctions and corresponding penalties on guilty offenders and their 
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associates. 
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SECTION 5. Registration and Licensing. No urban pesticides or other urban pest control 
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chemicals shall be exported, imported, manufactured, formulated, stored, distributed, sold or 
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offered for sale, transported, delivered for transportation or used unless it has been duly 
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registered with the FP A or covered by a numbered provisional permit issued by FP A for use 
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in accordance with the conditions as stipulated in the permit. Separate registrations shall be 
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required for each active ingredient and its possible formulations in the case of pesticides or 
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other urban pest control chemicals. 
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No person shall engage in the business of exporting, importing, manufacturing, 
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formulating, distributing, supplying, repacking, storing, commercially applying, selling, 
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marketing, of any pesticides and other urban pest control chemicals except under a license 
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issued by the FP A 
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The FP A, in the pursuit of its duties and functions, may suspend, revoke, or modify 
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the registration of any pesticide and other urban pest control chemicals after due notice and 
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hearing. 
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SECTION 6. Prohibitions. 
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A It shall be unlawful for any Pest ManagementlPest Control Operator: 
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a) To engage in any form of production, importation, distribution, storage, 
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application and sale in commercial quantities without securing from the FP A a 
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license thereof; 
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b) To deal in pesticides and other urban pest control chemicals which have not 
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been previously registered with FP A, or which registration has been banned, 
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has expired, or has been suspended or revoked; 
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c) To adulterate pesticide formulations; 
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d) To mislabel or make claims which differ in substance from the representation 
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made in connection with a product's registration or from its actual 
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effectiveness; and 
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e) To violate such other rules and regulations as may be promulgated by FPA 
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B. It shall likewise be unlawful for any other business establishment that do not possess 
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an FP A Pest Control License to engage in any urban pest management trade or 
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activity without first securing the said documents. 
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SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, 
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the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions hereof. 
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SECTION 8. Repealing clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances or portions 
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thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended 
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or modified accordingly. 
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SECTION 9. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication 
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in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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