Canada

New Pest Control Products Act (Canada)
The new Pest Control Products Act (2002) received Royal Assent on December
12, 2002, and came into force on June 28, 2006.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/legislation/acts-lois/index-eng.php

NOTE: The whole Health Canada web site has been redesigned, including the PMRA's. Mch important information is under 'registrants' section. TheA-Z index is not useful for anything other than general public information. Searches should be directed as such: PMRA and DIR for directives, PMRA and REG for registration decisions, PMRA and REV for re-evaluation, or scroll down to Additional information/reports and publications, then Decisions and updates.

Label searches can still be accessed by going to the PMRA's intro page at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/index-eng.php

If you cannot find what you are looking for, contact:

Pest Management Information Service
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Health Canada
2720 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Address Locator: 6606D2
K1A 0K9

E-mail: pmra.infoserv@hc-sc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-736-3799
Toll-free: 1-800-267-6315
Facsimile: 613-736-3798
Teletypewriter: 1-800-267-1245 (Health Canada)

Canada ends 'weed-n-feed' The PMRA, Canada's agency in charge of pesticide regulation, made a bold move this week, announcing the phaseout of all pesticide and fertilizer combination products by December 2012 (PanUps, Feb19, 2010)

IN CANADA, FEDS USE FALSE 'SOUND SCIENCE' TO REGULATE CARCINOGENS

Regulatory Note: List of Formulants 2007 (or http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pdf/reg/reg2007-04-e.pdf) This document replaces Regulatory Note REG2005-01, PMRA List of Formulants. In this version, a list of formulant trade names, usually formulant mixtures, has been added to the list of single substance formulants.