No staff from the meat control division of my Department have been assigned to assist with the backlog of PCS applications.
Prior to the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, a team of four staff routinely serviced the processing of biocidal product registration applications in addition to carrying out a range of other duties within the Pesticide Controls Division.
Since the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic, a number of other staff within Pesticide Registration and Controls Divisions and from across the wider Laboratory area have also assisted with processing biocidal product registration applications on a part time basis in recent months.
This week, further additional staff are being temporarily allocated to the work area.