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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2013-3025

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 1126536

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Bayer CropScience Inc.

Address: 295 Henderson Drive

City: Regina

Prov / State: SK

Country: Canada

Postal Code: S4N 6C2

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

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

28-FEB-13

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: NORTH CAROLINA

6. Date incident was first observed.

29-JAN-13

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. 72155-51

Product Name: Season Long Grub control For Lawns Ready-to-Spray

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • IMIDACLOPRID
      • Guarantee/concentration 1.47 %

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).

Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding application.

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

Other

2. Type of animal affected

Dog / Chien

3. Breed

Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie)

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Female

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

10

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

Unknown

8. Route(s) of exposure

Skin

9. What was the length of exposure?

<=15 min / <=15 min

10. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms

>1 wk <=1 mo / > 1 sem < = 1 mois

11. List all symptoms

System

  • Gastrointestinal System
    • Symptom - Bloody vomit
  • General
    • Symptom - Death
    • Symptom - Lethargy
  • Gastrointestinal System
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - Red gums
  • Skin
    • Symptom - Pallor

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

2/28/2013 Caller runs an animal rescue where one of the technicians misused the product and applied it directly to over 30 dogs for flea control 30 days ago. Product was undiluted and applied topically on the back of the dogs. One geriatric dog developed lethargy, red gums, vomiting blood, and white skin around the eyes 5 days ago, and died the the next day. This dog did not receive a formal veterinary evaluation. The rest of the dogs remained asymptomatic.


To be determined by Registrant

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

Death

19. Provide supplemental information here