Current status: Open
Opened on 1 March 2024 and will close for consultation on 15 April 2024.
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of spearmint oil and Biox-M, containing the technical grade active ingredient spearmint oil, to control sprouting in potatoes in indoor air cooled and mechanically cooled storage.
How to get involved
This consultation is open for comment from 1 March 2024 to 15 April 2024 (45 calendar days). Open the “Consultation Summary” to access the document.
If you would like to comment, see the Pest Management Regulatory Agency Publications Section page for contact information. Please be sure to include the title of the consultation document on which you are commenting.
Health Canada will consider all comments received up to 45 days from the date of publication of this document (by 15 April 2024) before making a final decision on the proposed registration for spearmint oil and Biox-M.
Reporting to Canadians
Health Canada will make the results of this consultation available on this website. Once the decision on spearmint oil and Biox-M is finalized, the PMRA will post a Registration Decision on the Pesticides and Pest Management Reports and Publications portion of Canada.ca.
If you have any questions, contact the Pest Management Information Service.
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