Tag: Re-evaluation

Health Canada has completed the re-evaluation of (Z)-9-tricosene. Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada has determined that continued registration of products containing (Z)-9-tricosene is acceptable. An evaluation of available scientific information found that the use of (Z)-9-tricosene products meet current standards for protection of human health and the environment and have acceptable value when used according to revised conditions of registration which includes label updates…

Pest Management Regulatory Agency 4 October 2022 ISSN: 1925-0649 (PDF version) Catalogue number: H113-5/2022-2E-PDF (PDF version) Table of contents Update on the special review of pentachlorophenol Environment Human health Background Regulatory status of products containing pentachlorophenol Environment Human Health Wood treated with pentachlorophenol Appendix I Cancelled products containing pentachlorophenol Table 1 – Cancelled products containing pentachlorophenol Update on the special review of pentachlorophenol Pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) initiated a special review of all registered pest control products containing pentachlorophenol, based on regulatory decisions to prohibit all uses ... Read more

Health Canada is consulting Canadians on the proposal to continue registration of the predacide uses of strychnine and sodium monofluoroacetate and all associated end-use products registered for sale and use in Canada, provided new risk mitigation measures are put in place. Strychnine is a toxicant registered as a restricted class end-use product used to kill predators and skunks in Alberta. It is applied as tablets in meat baits (for example, pieces of animal meat or fish or animal carcasses) to kill wolves, coyotes or bears in order to prevent predation of wildlife populations (for example, woodland caribou populations) threatened with ... Read more

Health Canada is consulting Canadians on the proposal to continue registration of verbenone and its associated end-use products registered for sale and use in Canada, with proposed label updates. Verbenone is an anti-aggregation pheromone registered as an outdoor insect repellent. Verbenone is a naturally occurring semiochemical produced by yeast in the gut of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. When used in pest control products, verbenone can protect pine stands and individual pine trees by repelling adult mountain pine beetle, preventing the laying of eggs on the protected trees. Two commercial-class products and one domestic-class product containing verbenone are formulated ... Read more