Bayer CropScience 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 OPAC reviewed the following products and recommended that these products, currently in Class 4, should be considered for reclassification to the more restrictive Class 3, based on soil persistence.

1. Admire 240 Flowable Systemic Insecticide (Reg. No. 24094)
2. Gaucho 75 ST (Reg. No. 25556)
3. Merit 60 WP Greenhouse and Nursery Insecticide (Reg. No. 25636)
4. Merit Solupak Insecticide (Reg. No. 25932)
5. Merit Granular Insecticide (Reg. No. 25933)
6. Gaucho 480 FL Insecticide (Reg. No. 26124)
7. Gaucho 600 FL (Reg. No. 27170)
8. Gaucho CS FL (Reg. No. 27174
9. Genesis 240 Flowable Systemic Insecticide (Reg. No. 27349)
10. Intercept 60 WP Greenhouse and Nursery Insecticide (Reg. No. 27357)
11. Genesis MZ Potato Seed Piece Treatment (Reg. No. 28159)
12. Genesis XT Potato Seed Piece Treatment (Reg. No. 28160)

In addition, the product Maxforce IC Professional Cockroach Gel Bait (Reg. No. 27605), currently in Class 4, should be considered for reclassification to the more restrictive Class 3, for use by individuals holding an appropriate pesticide applicator certificate or license consistent with product label statements.

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: 24094
Name of the product: Admire 240 Flowable Systemic Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Suspension
Active ingredient:Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 240 g/L
Federal Classification: Commercial (Agricultural)
Use Area: Potatoes, Root vegetables (except sugar beet), Tuberous and corm vegetables, Ginseng, Sweet Potatoes, Leaves of root and tuber vegetables, Leafy greens, Leafy petioles vegetables of leafy vegetables, Brassica (cole) leaf vegetables, Legume vegetables (except dry soybean), Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbit vegetables, Pome fruit, Stone fruit, Berry and small fruit, Tree nuts plus Pistachio, Herbs, Hop, Peanut, Globe Artichoke, Tobacco, Christmas trees (Abies balsamea and A. fraseri).
Pest: Colorado potato beetle, Aphids, Leafhoppers, Flea beetles, Larvae of the European chafer, Cucumber beetles, Mullein bug Tentiform leafminer, , Western cherry fruit fly, Black cherry fruit fly, Japanese beetles, Caneborers rednecked, Blueberry Maggot.
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 25556
Name of the product: Gaucho 75 ST
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Solid powder
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 75 %
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Canola, Mustard (condiment-type only) and Rapeseed seed and seedlings
Pest: Flea beetles
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 25636
Name of the product: Merit 60 WP Greenhouse and Nursery Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Wettable Powder
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 60 %
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Ornamental and Vegetable plants grown in greenhouses and nurseries
Pest: European Chafer, Japanese beetle larvae
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 25932
Name of the product: Merit Solupak Insecticide
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: 25933
Name of the product: Merit 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, Black Turfgrass Ataenius Beetle and European Crane Fly Larvae (Leatherjackets)
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 26124
Name of the product: Gaucho 480 FL Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Suspension
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 480 g/L
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Canola, Mustard (condiment-type only) and Rapeseed seed and seedlings, Field corn for seed production and seedlings, Field and sweet corn
Pest: Flea beetles, Corn flea beetles, wireworms
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 27170
Name of the product: Gaucho 600 FL Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Flowable Concentrate
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 75 %
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Canola, Mustard (condiment-type only) and Rapeseed seed and seedlings
Pest: Flea beetles
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 27174
Name of the product: Gaucho CS FL
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Suspension
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid, Carbathiin and Thiram
Guarantee: 285.7 g/L, 47.6 g/L and 95.3 g/L
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Canola, Mustard (condiment-type only) and Rapeseed seed and seedlings
Pest: Flea beetles, Seed rot, damping off, seedling blight and early season root rot caused by&Pythium, Rhizoctonia and Alterniara, Seed borne Blackleg
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 27349
Name of the product: Genesis 240 Flowable Systemic Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Viscous liquid suspension
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 240 g/L
Federal Classification: Commercial (Agricultural)
Use Area: Potatoes
Pest: Colorado Potato Beetle, Potato Leafhopper, Aphids, Potato Flea beetles
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 27357
Name of the product: Intercept 60 WP Greenhouse and Nursery Insecticide
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Wettable Powder
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 60 %
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Ornamental and Vegetable plants grown in greenhouses and Nurseries
Pest: European Chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis) and Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica larvae)
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 28159
Name of the product: Genesis MZ Potato Seed Piece Treatment
Type: Insecticide-Fungicide
Formulation: Dust
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid and Mancozeb
Guarantee: 1.25 % and 6 %
Federal Classification: Commercial (Agricultural)
Use Area: Potatoes
Pest: Colorado potato beetle, Potato leafhopper, aphids and Flea beetles to control Fusarium ( dry rot)
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 28160
Name of the product: Genesis XT Potato Seed Piece Treatment
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Dust
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid, Thiophanate-methyl and Mancozeb
Guarantee: 1.25 %, 3 % and 6 %
Federal Classification: Commercial (Agricultural)
Use Area: Potatoes
Pest: Colorado potato beetle, Potato leaf hopper, aphids, Flea beetles. Controls Fusarium (dry rot) and suppresses (Rhizoctonia() black scurf and stolon canker).
Provisional Class: Class 3

PCP Registration: 27605
Name of the product: Maxforce IC Professional Cockroach Gel Bait
Type: Insecticide
Formulation: Paste
Active ingredient: Imidacloprid
Guarantee: 2.1 %
Federal Classification: Commercial
Use Area: Residential, commercial buildings, agricultural structures, transport vehicles
Pest: Cockroaches
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.