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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2012-1434

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case#:1-29083701

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.

17-FEB-12

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: SOUTH CAROLINA

6. Date incident was first observed.

17-FEB-12

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 Tick Shampoo for Dogs Clean Fresh Scent

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

PMRA Registration No.       PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No. 2596-79

Product Name: UltraGuard Flea Tick Powder for Dogs

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • TETRACHLORVINPHOS
      • Guarantee/concentration 3.3 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Liquid

Dust

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?

No

Subform III: Domestic Animal Incident Report

1. Source of Report

Animal's Owner

2. Type of animal affected

Dog / Chien

3. Breed

Pit Bull Terrier

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Male

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

4

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

65

lbs

8. Route(s) of exposure

Skin

9. What was the length of exposure?

Unknown / Inconnu

10. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms

>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h

11. List all symptoms

System

  • Gastrointestinal System
    • Symptom - Vomiting
  • General
    • Symptom - Death

12. How long did the symptoms last?

Persisted until death

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

No

14. a) Was the animal hospitalized?

No

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

1-29083701- The reporter, a pet owner, indicated her animal had been exposed to two registrant supported insecticidal products. The first is a pet flea and tick shampoo containing the active ingredients pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide and n-octyl bicycloheptene the second is a flea and tick powder containing the active ingredient tetrachlorvinphos. The pet owner stated she bathed her four year male sixty five pound Pit Bull terrier with the shampoo and then immediately applied the powder to the animal. The pet owner stated the products were applied the night prior to her initial report. She had just returned home to find the animal dead. She stated there was evidence of vomiting prior to the animals death in the area. She reported the animal had been losing weight and hair in the recent past but was unsure what was the cause of these signs. The pet owner was advised the signs and outcome seen would be unexpected despite the fact that the products are not labeled for simultaneous usage. It was suggested that something else may have been affecting her pets heath. The pet owner was advised of registrant supported necropsy to assist in determining the cause of the animals death. At the point of this report she had not availed herself of this program. 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