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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2011-5604

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case # 1-27623593

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

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

06-OCT-11

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: FLORIDA

6. Date incident was first observed.

Unknown

Product Description

7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.

Active(s)

PMRA Registration No.       PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No. 2596-22

Product Name: UltraGuard Rid Flea Dog Shampoo Refreshing Fresh Citrus

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • N-OCTYL BICYCLOHEPTENE DICARBOXIMIDE
      • Guarantee/concentration .149 %
    • PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE
      • Guarantee/concentration .089 %
    • PYRETHRINS
      • Guarantee/concentration .045 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Liquid

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).

Site: Animal / Usage sur un animal domestique

11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

Unknown

Subform III: Domestic Animal Incident Report

1. Source of Report

Animal's Owner

2. Type of animal affected

Dog / Chien

3. Breed

Great Dane

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Male

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

1.5

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

170

lbs

8. Route(s) of exposure

Skin

9. What was the length of exposure?

Unknown / Inconnu

10. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms

>6 mos / > 6 mois

11. List all symptoms

System

  • Nervous and Muscular Systems
    • Symptom - Seizure
  • General
    • Symptom - Death

12. How long did the symptoms last?

Persisted until death

13. Was medical treatment provided? Provide details in question 17.

Yes

14. a) Was the animal hospitalized?

Unknown

14. b) How long was the animal hospitalized?

15. Outcome of the incident

Died

16. How was the animal exposed?

Treatment / Traitement

17. Provide any additional details about the incident

(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms

1-27623593- The reporter, a pet owner, indicted her animal had been exposed to an insecticidal product containing the active ingredients pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide, and n octyl bicycloheptene. The pet owner reports the product was originally applied to her one and one half year one hundred seventy pound male Great Dane dog seven months prior to her initial contact with the registrant. At some unknown period following application the animal had developed seizure activity. The animal was brought to the veterinarian where it was treated but ultimately died. The pet owner would not elaborate on the treatment of diagnosis offered by the veterinarian. Use of the product according to the label would not be expected to elicit the signs seen or the out come seen. No further information is available.


To be determined by Registrant

18. Severity classification (if there is more than 1 possible classification

Death

19. Provide supplemental information here