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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2015-1887

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 1537994

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Bell Laboratories, Inc.

Address: 3699 Kinsman Blvd

City: Madison

Prov / State: WI

Country: USA

Postal Code: 53704

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

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

15-JAN-15

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: FLORIDA

6. Date incident was first observed.

15-JAN-15

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. 12455-138-3240

Product Name: Tomcat Mouse Killer X (refillable bait station)

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • BROMETHALIN
      • Guarantee/concentration .01 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Bait

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Unknown

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

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).

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?

Unknown

Subform III: Domestic Animal Incident Report

1. Source of Report

Animal's Owner

2. Type of animal affected

Cat / Chat

3. Breed

DLH

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Male

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

Unknown

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

6.80

lbs

8. Route(s) of exposure

Unknown

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
    • Symptom - Vocalizing
  • Nervous and Muscular Systems
    • Symptom - Stiffness
    • Symptom - Seizure
  • Blood
    • Symptom - Blood urea nitrogen decreased
    • Specify - below normal blood urea nitrogen
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - serum creatinine below normal
  • Nervous and Muscular Systems
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - Posturing
  • General
    • Symptom - Abnormal behaviour
    • Specify - acting strangely outdoors

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?

Unknown

15. Outcome of the incident

Died

16. How was the animal exposed?

Other / Autre

specify Speculated ingestion on neighbor's property.

17. Provide any additional details about the incident

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

1/15/2015 This cat is owned by a veterinary technician. In the morning, the reporter s neighbors alerted the cat owner that her cats was acting strangely outdoors. The cat appeared to be posturing and stiffening up, then relaxing although still appears very uncomfortable and vocalizing intermittently. It is unknown how long signs had been present, or when or if exposure occurred but the neighbors do have a block of product that was accessible to the cat and appears to have a bite taken out of it. Two hours after the pet owner became aware of her cats ailments, it was brought to a veterinary clinic where it presented actively seizing. Blood work revealed a below normal blood urea nitrogen and creatinine but all other values were within normal limits. The cat was started on intravenous fluid therapy but continued to seize and passed away at the clinic.


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.