New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2011-3831
Registrant Reference Number: 805648
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
Address: 1 Webster Street
City: Brantford
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N3T 5R1
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: ALABAMA
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-473
Product Name: Raid Ant Killer 16 -17.5 oz
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
DLH
1
Female
10
10.00
lbs
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Other / Autre
specify Defined point of exposure not evident or witnessed. Exposure based on speculation.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
6/17/2011 Caller's spouse previously sprayed product around the kitchen sink and onto some dishes in the sink. Today caller's cat has vomited twice, and has lethargy and malaise. The cat has had no witnessed exposure to the product. The owner speculates that the cat may have jumped up on the counter and licked the dishes. 6/20/2011 Callback to the original caller for follow up information. The cat continued to have symptoms, and died last night. Owner was giving the cat Gatorade through a dropper. The cat was not evaluated by a veterinarian due to financial reasons. The cat had also been eating dog food for a week or two prior to developing symptoms. This cat also has not receive prior vaccinations or preventive medicine for parasites.
Death
The information contained in this report is based on self-reported statements provided to the registrant during telephone Interview(s). These self-reported descriptions of an incident have not been independently verified to be factually correct or complete descriptions of the incident. For that reason, information contained in this report does not and can not form the basis for a determination of whether the reported clinical effects are causally related to exposure to the product identified in the telephone interviews. Any relationship between the use of this product and the delayed development of the complications reported in this case is inconceivable and lacks biological plausibility. Secondly, the product use history is extremely vague and lacks any description of a known or defined point of direct exposure to this product. Even had casual or incidental contact with this product occurred, such serious illness as reported in this cat is unexpected. Even if true pyrethroid toxicity were to occur in this case it would manifest with acute neurological complications, primarily in the form of tremors, seizures and ataxia which were not reported in this incident. Furthermore, this animal was never properly evaluated and treated by a veterinarian, nor had it received proper preventive care in the form of vaccines and anti-parasite treatment prior to the occurrence of this incident. Finally, a necropsy was not performed on the expired animal in order to determine a cause of death.