Pest Control Products Act

Pest-control chemicals, 13 282 Pest Control Products Act (Canada), 18 542 Pesticidal activity, screening programs for, 14 342... 

The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) in the USA and the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) in Canada mandate that potential risks to infants and small children be specifically addressed. When assessing the food use of a pesticide, in order to assure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide s chemical residues , the FQPA and PCPA in the case of threshold effects call for an additional tenfold margin of safety for the pesticide chemical residue and other sources of exposure to be applied to estimating risks to infants and children. A different margin of safety may be used only if, on the basis of reliable data, such a margin will be safe for infants and children. In Canada, these same requirements also apply to non-food-use pesticides. 

Review of Present Legislation. In Canada, the primary federal acts that have been developed for the regulation of chemicals and which could potentially be utilized to regulate biotechnology are the Pest Control Products Act (PCP Act), the Food and Drugs Act (F D Act) and the Environmental Contaminants Act (EC Act). 

The main authority for regulation of pesticides in Canada resides in two Acts of Parliament, the Pest Control Products Act, administered by Agriculture Canada, and the Food and Drugs Act, administered by Health and Welfare Canada. This dichotomy of authority necessitates close cooperation between the two departments. In addition, various other acts address such aspects as water quality, fisheries, wildlife, etc., with respect to pesticides. 

PCP Pest Control Product Act, 1972 (Canada) RSD research and development... 

There are no listed requirements for submission of toxicity data to support registration in Canada. However, the Acts place the onus on petitioners to submit data to support the safety of their pest control products. Thus considerable latitude exists with respect to the toxicology data base which may be required for any particular compound. 

In Canada, sterilants are regulated under the Food and Drug Act. Fumigants are regulated under the Pest Control Products Regulations of Health Canada [23, 24]. 

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act affords added protection against the dangers inherent in the use of newer means of pest control. The manufacturer has greater responsibility for furnishing specific information as to how the product can be used effectively but without damage to the user, crops or animals, or the public. 

Contamination of crops and products with ochratoxin A and related metabolites is not as directly associated with a particular fungus as is the case with the aflatoxins. Ochratoxin A is also likely to occur with other mycotoxins, such as citrinin and penicillic acid or patulin. In addition, it is not certain whether ochratoxin A contamination is only a storage problem or perhaps a dual field and storage problem. In cases such as coffee crops, the use of insecticides might help to control insect activity and consequently fungal infection. Coffee-berry borers are a major insect pest which can act as vectors to carry fungal spores, resulting in crop infection and ochratoxin accumulation. 

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