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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2015-3869

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 2015TH281

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

Address: 2920 Matheson Blvd

City: Mississauga

Prov / State: ON

Country: Canada

Postal Code: L9W 5R6

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

Domestic Animal

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

05-AUG-15

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: UNKNOWN

6. Date incident was first observed.

30-SEP-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. 11556-155

Product Name: Seresto Collar - cat

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • Flumethrin
    • IMIDACLOPRID
      • Guarantee/concentration 10 %

7. b) Type of formulation.

Other (specify)

Collar

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

1

Other Units: collar

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).

owner applied collar Aug 1 2013

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

Yes

Subform III: Domestic Animal Incident Report

1. Source of Report

Other

2. Type of animal affected

Cat / Chat

3. Breed

domestic long hair

4. Number of animals affected

1

5. Sex

Male

6. Age (provide a range if necessary )

3

7. Weight (provide a range if necessary )

8

lbs

8. Route(s) of exposure

Skin

9. What was the length of exposure?

>1 mo <= 6 mos / > 1 mois < = 6 mois

10. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms

>1 mo <=2 mos / > 1 mois < = 2 mois

11. List all symptoms

System

  • General
    • Symptom - Death
  • Blood
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - thromboembolus

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

On 01-Aug-2013, a 3 year old, 8 pound, neutered, male, Domestic Longhair feline, in good condition, with no known concomitant medical conditions, had one Seresto Cat (Flumethrin-Imidacloprid) collar placed around the neck by the owner.On 30Sep2013, eight weeks following the placement of the collar, the cat developed a thromboembolysis and died. No necropsy was performed.


To be determined by Registrant

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

Death

19. Provide supplemental information here

N - Unlikely. Time to onset not compatible with product use. Collar was well tolerated for almost one month. Death is neither expected nor in line with pharmaco-toxicological product profile and rather due to other causes (killed by wildlife). No necropsy performed. In the end, a product relation is deemed to be unlikely.