Your Strategic Resource for Keeping Pace with Compliance and Regulatory Changes in the Pesticide Industry.

Now it’s more important than ever before to keep abreast of the latest developments in regulatory practices as this industry faces increased scrutiny from government agencies, the public and the media.

That’s why it makes good business sense to have a partner like DSA Consultants working for you to stay on top of all new regulations.

Pest Control Products

The new Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) came into force in June 2006. The Act and the Regulations are administered by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) within Health Canada. The PMRA has pre-market assessment and enforcement roles: products are evaluated for their viability in terms of environmental impact, toxicology, exposure to humans, chemistry and efficacy.

Pesticide products are defined in the PCPA as:

• (a) a product, an organism, or a substance, including a product, an organism or a substance derived through biotechnology, that consists of its active ingredient, formulants and contaminants, and that is manufactured, represented, distributed or used as a means for directly or indirectly controlled, destroying, attracting or repelling a pest or for mitigating or preventing injurious, noxious or troublesome effects
• (b) an active ingredient that is used to manufacture anything described in paragraph (a); or
• (c) any other thing that is prescribed to be a pest control product.

Some exceptions to this definition include some disinfectants and sanitizers which are regulated as drugs in Canada, under the Food and Drugs Act.

Pesticide products are characterized by their use-site category and by type of use, as well as by formula type and target population. Submissions are categorized by the amount of material required to properly assess the product: categories range from ‘A’, a new active ingredient, or a new use for an active ingredient, to ‘D’, amending or renewing product registrations in addition to amendments within other PMRA programs. The data requirements vary widely between submissions.

The PMRA also regulates importation, performs post-registration re-evaluation on actives, and facilitates incident reporting and reporting of sales information. At the provincial level, provincial governments have responsibility for administering additional programs.

DSA can prepare your submissions to the PMRA, and to the provincial regulatory bodies, to help you register your pesticide product for sale in Canada.

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