This just seemed like this little screw up needed documented. There have been several attempts at bringing 25b products or those Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) products into Canada. You remember the EPA decided products like thyme oil, spearmint oil and other plant based extracts did not require a full blow data package, or any […]
Read More »It makes you wonder how many people (including children) sat around in a committee, eating tax dollar donuts, did it take to come up with a definition for ”residential”? This ones from Demand CS 11.2 Animal Housing (such as poultry and livestock housing) For indoor applications to residential areas (where the general public, including children […]
Read More »Here’s the gist of the issue: PMRA wants to increase revenue, or lose people. Since they’ve eliminated more pesticides and/or uses than they have registered, their responsibility is shrinking. Less to keep busy hands and minds…never mind. By expanding their scope, outside their remit under the Act, and requiring registration or certification or just requesting […]
Read More »I put SPMAO first as a request from a friend 😁 But where are you guys in stopping this utterly ridiculous move on the PMRA’s part to start registering mechanical devices for insect control? Are you calling on all members, supplies, allied industries, and your higher power to make the PMRA come to their senses? […]
Read More »So I’m certain by now you’ve all heard the news about the big neonic cancellation in the westerly coast city of Bancouver. Just that one little city, where if you step across the street into Burnaby or West Van or Surrey or wherever you can use neonics to your heart’s content. C’mon, I thought that […]
Read More »In my on-going assault on stupidity, and basically how to make a label an unusable document, let’s do some quick math on the correct label rate. So as you remember after using Dragnet for 25 years, the rate for permethrin is and always has been 0.5% solution. Except termites. And their label has said put […]
Read More »Okay, here’s the contest and it’s easy peasy as my Granddaughter says: The first person to accurately count the number of times “Toxic to Bees” appears on the NEW DRAGNET LABEL wins! Use the label on the PMRA label search, dated last August. Simply email me with your guess…I mean count…to rpercy@gardexinc.com. I’ll give you […]
Read More »Alright, don’t yell for my span in betwixt rants, although there’s been more than enough insanity to fry my brains this summer. But like the rest of you dealing with Covid-19 and all the thrill and ills has been exhausting. Boredom is really draining you know. But damn if I wasn’t shaken out of my […]
Read More »You read it here first, there is someone actually working at the PMRA and approving new products! Maybe the cleaning staff stole a rubber stamp and is having some fun? Or they finally figured the best way to get something off their desk is to approve it? No matter the reason, it’s a welcome breath […]
Read More »If your not aware or haven’t had the good fortune of a visit, the Regional PMRA enforcement officers are doing on-site inspections at each PCO place of business. This isn’t really a bad thing, hell we get inspected by 5 or 6 different gun-toting, ticket writing folk all the time. Keeps everyone on our toes […]
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