Act on Agro-pesticides Management Article 42

Any and all suspicious prohibited, counterfeit, or inferior agro-pesticides shall be first sealed upon being discovered if taking of random samples is required for examination purposes, and shall then be safeguarded by the manufacturer after signing an affidavit; the manufacturer must not refuse to do so.Samples taken according to the preceding Paragraph shall be examined and disposed as soon as possible, i.e. no more than two months of the date on which the agro-pesticides are seized.However, where the period of examination and disposal needs to be extended for the necessity of inspection, a written notice stating the cause and period of extension shall be given to the manufacturer before the said period expires.