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Medhat wrote:
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The PMRA and EPA ensures there are detailed information on the label for
use and protection. <<
Here in Canada the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is
responsible for pesticide regulation. In 2010 the PMRA issued a
decision approving the registration of OA as an apicultural miticide.
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2011/sc-hc/H113-25-2010-12-eng.pdf
I get my OA from our local bee supply and it carries the Medivet brand.
The container label has icons indicating 'poisonous' and 'corrosive' but
there are no directions for use and the only other guidance is a note to
'refer to conditions for use' - which are not included or attached. I am
also not sure whether the label is considered the law in Canada. We hear
that statement very often, but in this case it is of little use.
This lack of product information provided with OA, even when purchased
through specialist apiary suppliers, makes it hard to promote a uniform
approach to use and handling of the product by beginner beekeepers. In the
PMRA registration document a list of warnings and precautions are listed
that are supposed to be included on a 'general label', but I have bought
this product for about 6 or 7 years now and these warnings and precautions
are not included on the labels. Presumably some kind of separate directions
for use sheet is supposed to accompany the OA containers, but this approach
does not seem to be working.
Rob Hughes
Upper Kingclear, NB
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