Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc. - Classification, reclassification or declassification of a pesticide

This proposal notice has been updated on January 10, 2017 to advise the public that this application is still under active review. The ministry is reviewing the comments it has received to date. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.

Description of instrument

The Ontario Pesticides Advisory Committee reviewed the following products: Alias 240 SC Systemic Insecticide (Reg.No. 28475), Quali-Pro Imidacloprid 75 WSP (Reg.No. 29130) and Quali-Pro Imidacloprid 0.5 Granular Insecticide (Reg.No. 29185) and recommended that these products, currently in Class 4, should be considered for reclassification to the more restrictive Class 3, based on soil persistence. 

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency assesses pesticides for their risks to human health and the environment, and examines the efficacy and value of pest control products in registering products under the Pest Control Products Act for sale and use across Canada. 

In Ontario, the Pesticides Act and Ontario Regulation 63/09 stipulate that federally registered pesticides must be classified in Ontario before they are legal for sale and use. 

PCP Registration: 28475 
Name of the product: Alias 240 SC Systemic Insecticide 
Type: Insecticide 
Formulation: Suspension 
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid 
Guarantee: 240 g/L 
Federal Classification: Commercial (Agricultural) 
Use Area: Potatoes, tomatoes (field grown), field lettuce, broccoli, Chinese broccoli, broccoli raab (rapini), Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabbage (bok choy and napa), Chinese cabbage mustard (gai choy), cauliflower, cavalo broccolo, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mizuna, mustard greens, mustard spinach, rape greens, apple, peach, nectarine, cherries, eggplant, highbush blueberry, Saskatoon berry, caneberries, sweet potato, ginseng, melons, squash, pumpkin, cucumber, chayote, Chinese waxgourd, gherkin, edible gourd, momordica, strawberries, wheat (spring, winter & durum,) barley, oats, soybeans
Pest: Colorado potato beetle, aphids, potato leafhopper, potato flea beetle, lettuce aphid, mullein bug, tentiform leafminer, white apple leafhopper, fruit fly, black cherry fruit fly, blueberry aphid, larve of Japanese beetle and larvae of European chafer, caneborers rednecked, white grubs, cucumber beetle, wireworm   
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 29130 
Name of the product: Quali-Pro Imidacloprid 75 WSP 
Type: Insecticide 
Formulation: Wettable Powder 
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid 
Guarantee: 75 % 
Federal Classification: Commercial 
Use Area: Turfgrass 
Pest: Larvae of European chafer, Japanese beetle, black turfgrass ataenius beetle and European crane fly larvae (leatherjackets) 
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 29185 
Name of the product: Quali-Pro Imidacloprid 0.5 Granular Insecticide 
Type: Insecticide 
Formulation: Granular 
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid 
Guarantee: 0.5 % 
Federal Classification: Commercial 
Use Area: Turfgrass 
Pest: Larvae of European chafer, Japanese beetle and black turfgrass ataenius beetle and European crane fly larvae (leatherjackets) 
Provisional Class: Class 3

Class 3 products are federally designated as restricted or commercial products, and are moderately hazardous.

Class 4 products are federally designated as restricted or commercial products, and are least hazardous.