Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Food Related Actions

• The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has approved the registration of fipronil (Regent® 4SC) insecticide as a single in-furrow at-plant application to field corn and potato for control of rootworms, wireworms, borers and other listed pests.  The EPA Reg. No. of the BASF product is 7969-207.  (PREC Agenda, 1/10/08).
•  The EPA has approved a specific exemption under section 18 for the post-harvest control of Dothiorella fruit rot on carambola (star fruit) with fludioxonil (Scholar®).  The EPA Reg. No. for the Syngenta product is 100-1242 and the exemption will expire 11/30/08.  (FDACS letter of 12/14/07).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the herbicide ethalfluralin (Curbit®/Sonalan®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include dill and potato.  (Federal Register, 12/5/07).

•  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the miticide etoxazole (Zeal®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include the cucurbit vegetable subgroup 9A (melons such as muskmelon and watermelon).  (Federal Register, 12/26/07).

•  Based on a request by Bayer CropScience, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide trifloxystrobin (Flint®/Gem®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include: canistel, citrus fruit/pulp/oil, mango, papaya, radish tops, sapodilla, sapote (black/mamey), star apple, strawberry, and root vegetable (subgroup 1B - radish, beet, chicory).  (Federal Register, 1/2/08).