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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2013-1670

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 1107261

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

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

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

19-JAN-13

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. 4822-538

Product Name: Raid Outdoor Ant Spikes

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • ABAMECTIN
      • Guarantee/concentration .05 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Bait

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Unknown

9. Application Rate.

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

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

Pit Bull Terrier

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Female

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

2

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

30

kg

8. Route(s) of exposure

Oral

9. What was the length of exposure?

Unknown / Inconnu

10. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms

Unknown / Inconnu

11. List all symptoms

System

  • General
    • Symptom - Lethargy
  • Respiratory System
    • Symptom - Laboured breathing
  • General
    • Symptom - Death
    • Symptom - Listless

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?

Unknown

14. b) How long was the animal hospitalized?

15. Outcome of the incident

Died

16. How was the animal exposed?

Accidental ingestion/Ingestion accident.

17. Provide any additional details about the incident

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

1/19/2013 Caller's dog chewed on a spike some time in the past several hours prior to the call. No plastic appears to be missing. The dog was reported to have labored breathing heavy and was listless, unable to get up. Follow-up completed on 1/21/2013. Dog was reported to have died in the car on the way to the veterinary hospital. The dog was never evaluated by the veterinarian.


To be determined by Registrant

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

Death

19. Provide supplemental information here

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. The observed symptoms are not consistent with the toxicity profile of this product. The potential dose of abamectin this 30 kg dog could have received from a single bait station is well below any dose of this compound that could potentially lead to illness in a dog this size and is unlikely to be the cause of this dogs symptoms. The dose of abamectin used within the ant bait station is significantly smaller than the dose of ivermectin, a similar compound to abamectin, used therapeutically by veterinarians to treat heartworm in dogs. Typically, when an entire bait station is ingested by a dog including the plastic housing, the primarily symptoms reported are vomiting and diarrhea. Such gastrointestinal symptoms were not reported in this case.