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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2014-5600

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 140099696

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Wellmark International

Address: 100 Stone Road West, Suite 111

City: Guelph

Prov / State: Ontario

Country: Canada

Postal Code: N1G5L3

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

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

08-AUG-14

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: WISCONSIN

6. Date incident was first observed.

08-AUG-14

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. 2724-274

Product Name: Starbar Golden Malrin Fly Bait 1% Methomyl

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • (Z)-9-TRICOSENE
      • Guarantee/concentration .049 %
    • METHOMYL
      • Guarantee/concentration 1 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Bait

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

1

Units: lbs

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

Site: Other / Autre

Préciser le type: Hog Barn

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

Between August 2, 2014 and August 8, 2014 the caller's son put the product down in one area of the hog barn (outside the farrowing crates). The caller stated the hogs are housed on a grated floor and fecal material is flushed out into a holding reservoir that eventually distributes the waste on outside ground.

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

Other / Autre

specify Rodent

3. Breed

Rat Unspecified

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Unknown

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

Unknown

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

Unknown

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 - 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?

Accidental ingestion/Ingestion accident.

17. Provide any additional details about the incident

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

On August 8, 2014 the caller found a dead rat and the caller's son explained what he had done with the product. Later that day, he contacted the Animal Product Safety Service (APSS). The caller stated they also have 2 barn cats that have been missing for days, but there have also been local reports of coyotes, so he thought a predator had gotten the cats, as no bodies have been found. The caller's wife also has a pet raccoon that has access to the hog barn, but the racoon was in there last night and is acting normally that day. The caller stated they perfomed environmental decontamination (already swept up the bait and disposed of it, but there may still be some residue on the floor or rinsed into the waste holding reservoir). The APSS veterinarian stated methomyl is a hot carbamate. The APSS veterinarian also stated death usually occurs rapidly with a lethal exposure. The APSS veterinarian also stated it has a narrow margin of safety. The APSS veterinarian further stated to reach LD50 for an average sized rat it would only take about 1.3 grams (g) of bait and for dogs, 0.5g bait per kilogram is enough to reach the LD50 for dogs. The APSS veterinarian further stated once in the waste reservior, the residue is likely to be dilute enough that it will not pose a serious risk and once spread out in soil/ground, would breakdown rapidly. The APSS veterinarian recommended environmental decontamination (breaks down rapidly in alkaline environment so would wash the floor where the product was located with a cleaning product pH 7-9 and would also consider foot baths out of the area for a few days as well). The APSS veterinarian also recommended preventing further exposure. A necropsy was not available.


To be determined by Registrant

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

Death

19. Provide supplemental information here

The APSS veterinarian stated that the substance was considered to have an unknown likelihood of causing the clinical situation. A follow up was not performed, because additional information was not expected. Extra Label Use: Not to be used in area accessible to animals.