PMRA proposes to harmonize domestic class pesticides: Deadline Sept 14, 2007

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Health Canada is proposing changes to the way in which pesticides are 

classified in Canada that should smooth the way for other provinces to pass a

Quebec-like policy to limit pesticide sales.  The policy proposes to harmonize

domestic pesticide classification so that provinces could then pass additional

restrictions on sales and marketing of pesticides - such changes could support

the

municipal bylaws across the country. (And they could be done in addition to

any province-wide restrictions on pesticide use.) Please consider submitting

comments to Health Canada by September 14,

2007 on the attached PMRA policy.

 

Classification Harmonization for Canada, A Proposal for Domestic Class

Pesticides

90 days     Deadline: September 14, 2007

 

 

Executive Summary

 

The Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Committee on Pest Management and

Pesticides proposes to harmonize the existing federal and provincial

classification systems for domestic class pesticides (also known as pest control

products)

to improve the management of pesticides across all  provinces.

 

Currently, federal procedures for classifying products use hazard criteria as

the trigger for determining if products can fall into the Domestic Class.

This proposal would retain the existing procedure, but add a further subdivision

of Domestic Class products. Using the criteria described below, products will

be placed into two separate groups: 1) those that are suitable for

unrestricted domestic sale, and 2) those for which the purchase will be

controlled by a

vendor.

 

Products which are appropriate for unrestricted domestic sale (i.e., the

" Self-Select " category, or SS) are typically in a Ready-to-Use formulation and

packaged in smaller sized containers; products which are appropriate for

controlled sale by a vendor (i.e., " Controlled Purchase " category, or CP)

typically

require mixing or dilution and/or are packaged in larger sizes (i.e., greater

than 1 kg or 1L). This categorization will advise provincial regulators which

products will require additional controls (i.e., CP products) under appropriate

provincial regulations.

 

The subdivision of Domestic class products into two categories will guide

users towards risk reduction by identifying products that can be used with the

least amount of exposure. Application of this classification framework at the

federal level will result in clear and predictable outcomes, with better

utilization of federal and provincial

resources.

 

Full implementation, apparent at the vendor level, will be dependent on

adoption of the required regulations by the provinces. Further conditions of

access

of consumers to those Domestic products identified as Controlled Purchase

will be determined by those provincial regulations. Consumers will continue to

have direct access to Self-Select domestic products from the major product types

(e.g., insecticides, herbicides, fungicides). Domestic rodenticides will be

categorized as Controlled Purchase products.

 

Provincial restrictions on the sale of Controlled Purchase products, using a

harmonized approach, will contribute to minimizing risks to the health of

pesticide users and to the environment.

 

Forward written comments by September 14, 2007 to:

 

FPT Secretariat

Attention: Josée Beaudoin

Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada

Sir Charles Tupper Building

2720 Riverside Drive, A.L. 6606D1

Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0K9

 

Contact Information

 

If you have any questions regarding this proposal please contact the FPT

Secretariat at

Josee_Beaudoin

Please visit the FPT Committee Internet website at

http://www.pmraarla.gc.ca/english/fpt/ciwg-e.html    or

http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/francais/fpt/ciwg-f.htm l

for electronic copies of the proposal document.

 

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Re-evaluation of the Agricultural, Forestry, Aquatic and Industrial Site

Uses of (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)acetic Acid [2,4-D]     60 days    

Deadline:  August 18, 2007

 

 

Use of Uncertainty and Safety Factors in the Human Health Risk Assessment of 

Pesticides

90 days      Deadline: October 22, 2007

 

Please forward all comments to:

 

pmra_publications

 

Or mail to:

Publications

Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Health Canada

2720 Riverside Drive

A.L. 6605C

Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0K9

 

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