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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2019-5793

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 2018-06-21-00349

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Nufarm Agriculture Inc.

Address: 333, 96th Avenue NE; Suite 5101

City: Calgary

Prov / State: Alberta

Country: Canada

Postal Code: T3K 0S3

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

Packaging Failure

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

25-JUN-18

5. Location of incident.

Country: CANADA

Prov / State: BRITISH COLUMBIA

6. Date incident was first observed.

21-JUN-18

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. 29888      PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No.

Product Name: Credit Xtreme Herbicide

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • GLYPHOSATE (PRESENT AS ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT OR ETHANOLAMINE SALT)

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

No

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 VI: Packaging Failure

1. What is the type of packaging that failed?

Jug-plastic / Cruche-plastique

2. Did packaging failure occur during?

Storage

3. Did packaging failure result in?

potential exposure

4. Describe how the packaging failed and the surrounding circumstances, including a description of the potential injury or exposure.

Customer (name) stated that the Credit Xtreme Herbicide jug was stored in her garage. For past few days, the (city) was really. She thinks that the jug got too hot and burst in her garage. No body was exposed to the herbicide. She requested for clean up information from Chemtrec.

For Registrant use only

5. Provide supplemental information here.

Glyphosate has been around since 1970's, the product has been safe especially during the use, transportation and storage. The weather has been hot and the temperature just alleviated the jug to burst. Nufarm did follow up several times, but there was no response from the customer.