Pest Control Products Incident Reporting Regulations

Marginal note:Incident categories

2 Incidents are classified, according to the subject and effects of the exposure to the pest control product, into the following categories:

• (a) an incident whose effect is a human death;

• (b) an incident that has a major effect on a human, namely, that human had or has symptoms that indicate a condition that could be life-threatening or result in adverse reproductive or developmental effects or in chronic disability;

• (c) an incident that has an effect on a human other than the effects set out in paragraph (a) or (b);

• (d) an incident whose effect is an animal death or, if the incident occurs in the United States, a domestic animal death;

• (e) an incident that has an effect on an animal other than death;

• (f) an incident that has an effect on terrestrial or aquatic plants;

• (g) an incident of package failure that could result in the exposure of a human to a pest control product or in injury to a human; and

• (h) an incident whose effects are identified in a scientific study, namely, that the effects are observed during a human epidemiological study or a scientific investigation, whether concluded, discontinued or ongoing, and the study or investigation is sponsored by the registrant or applicant and indicates

  • (i) any new health or environmental hazard associated with a pest control product,

  • (ii) any health or environmental risk associated with a pest control product that may be greater than the risk determined at the time of registration, or

  • (iii) the presence of a previously undetected component or derivative of a pest control product.