New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2011-1772
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case# 1-25717023
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): The Hartz Mountain Corporation
Address: 400 Plaza Drive
City: Secaucus
Prov / State: New Jersey
Country: USA
Postal Code: 07094-3688
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: FLORIDA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 2596-78
Product Name: UltraGuard Flea Tick Powder for Cats
Dust
Yes
Unknown
Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique
No
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
Domestic shorthair
1
Female
0.11
Unknown
Skin
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Treatment / Traitement
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
1-25717023- The caller, a pet owner, indicates her animal was exposed to an insecticide containing the active ingredient tetrachlorvinphos. The caller states she applied the product to her six week female domestic shorthair cat approximately one week prior to contacting the registrant. She indicates the animal died suddenly yesterday. The animal was not brought to the veterinarian, no treatment was indicated and no symptoms were indicated other than sudden death. The pet owner indicated the purpose of her call was to see if it was acceptable to apply the product to the sibling of the animal that had died. The pet owner was advised this product was not labeled for animals as young a six weeks. It was recommended she contact her veterinarian for suitable flea treatments in pediatric patients. She was, further, advised despite the misuse of the product sudden death would not be an anticipated out come following application to a six week kitten. No further information is available.
Death