The latest news releases, advisories, warnings and recalls from the homepage of the Pesticides and Pest Management - Health Canada Web site. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca en-ca Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-15/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has concluded that the addition of new uses on glyphosate tolerant canola to the product label of Touchdown Total Herbicide, containing technical grade glyphosate present as the potassium salt, is acceptable. The specific uses approved in Canada are detailed on the label of Touchdown Total Herbicide, Pest Control Products Act Registration Number 28072. Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-14/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has granted conditional registration to technical grade difenoconazole and the end-use product Inspire Fungicide for use in Canada on various fruit and vegetable commodities. Wed, 16 May 2012 10:40:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/restriction-rodenticides/index-eng.php Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has published an information page that provides a brief overview of new use restrictions of commercial class rodenticides in agricultural settings (detailed previously in REV2010-17). Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-13/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to establish maximum residue limit (MRLs) for fosetyl-aluminum on avocados, macadamia nuts and pineapples to permit the import and sale of foods containing such residues. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-12/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has granted conditional registration to technical grade metrafenone and the end-use product Vivando SC Fungicide for use in Canada on grapes. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-11/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to establish a maximum residue limit (MRL) for tebufenpyrad on grapes to permit the import and sale of foods containing such residues. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/emrl2012-20/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has established maximum residue limits (MRLs) for metconazole on stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09), tree nuts (Crop Group 14-11), peanuts and refined peanut oil to permit the import and sale of food containing such residues. Thu, 10 May 2012 12:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/emrl2012-19/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has added new uses on mustard seed (condiment and oilseed types) to the product label of Roundup WeatherMAX with Transorb 2 Technology Liquid Herbicide, containing technical grade glyphosate. Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-35/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has received applications to register technical grade fluoxastrobin, and the end-use product Evito 480 SC Fungicide, for use in Canada on barley, corn, peppers, potatoes, soybeans, strawberries, tomatoes and wheat. Thu, 10 May 2012 10:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/epir-edirp2011-2408/index-eng.php Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has received an incident relating to the pesticide product Integrity which contains the active ingredients saflufenacil and dimethenamid-p, in tank-mix with Roundup which contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Based on the available information, PMRA has concluded that it is probable that the effects reported were related to pesticide exposure. Mon, 7 May 2012 13:30:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2012-29/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has received applications to register technical grade fluxapyroxad and the end-use products BAS 700 01 F Fungicide, BAS 700 04 F Fungicide, BAS 703 01 F Fungicide, BAS 703 02 F Fungicide, BAS 700 02 F Fungicide Seed Treatment and BAS 700 03 F Fungicide Seed Treatment for use in Canada on various commodities. Mon, 7 May 2012 13:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/epir-edirp2012-1462/index-eng.php Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has received an incident relating to the active ingredient corn gluten meal. Based on the available information, PMRA has concluded that it is highly probable that the effects reported were related to pesticide exposure. Fri, 4 May 2012 11:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/registrant-titulaire/prod/_ppip-ppdpd/index-eng.php New Data Protection web pages are now available on the PMRA website. These pages will list the products for which the Exclusive Use Period has, or will soon be, expired and the products for which a list of compensable data has been already been generated by the PMRA. Fri, 4 May 2012 10:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/emrl2012-18/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has added new uses on bulb vegetables (Crop Group 3-07) to the product label of Scala SC Fungicide, containing technical grade pyrimethanil. The specific uses approved in Canada are detailed on the label of Scala SC Fungicide, Pest Control Products Act Registration Number 28011. Wed, 2 May 2012 11:00:00 EDT http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/emrl2012-17/index-eng.php Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has added new uses on highbush blueberries to the product labels of Centurion and Select Emulsifiable Concentrate Post-Emergence Herbicides, containing technical grade clethodim. The specific uses approved in Canada are detailed on the Centurion and Select labels, Pest Control Products Act Registration Numbers 27598 and 22625, respectively. Wed, 2 May 2012 10:00:00 EDT