Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Non-Food Related Actions

• The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has approved a significant new use for SePro Corporation’s penoxsulam (Galleon® 2F) herbicide (EPA Reg. No. 62719-546-67690) for selective control of aquatic weeds in quiescent bodies of water.  It was issued effective 9/12/07.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07). 
•  On September 19, the FDACS registered S.C. Johnson’s Off! Repellent (metofluthrin) for repelling mosquitoes using a battery operated fan attached to a person’s belt or on a flat surface.  The EPA Reg. No. for the product is 4822-542.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07). 

•  On September 6, the FDACS registered Syngenta’s Optigard® ant gel bait (thiamethoxam) for use in indoors or outside structures to control invading ants (excluding fire ant, pharaoh ant, and harvester ant).  The EPA Reg. No. for the product is 100-1260.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07). 

•  On September 6, the FDACS registered BASF Corporation’s PTM insecticide (fipronil) for application by injection to the soil at the base of pine trees for control of Nantucket pine tip moth and pine bark aphid.  The EPA Reg. No. for the product is 7969-241.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07). 

•  On September 17, the FDACS registered Dow AgroScience’s Sapphire® (penoxsulam) herbicide for control of broadleaf weeds in turf.  The EPA Reg. No. for the product is 62719-547.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07).

•  On September 10, the FDACS issued an experimental use permit (EPA Reg. No. 81179-EUP-1) for the use of tobacco mild green mosaic tobamovirus as a bioherbicide for control of tropical soda apple in rangelands, pastures, sod production fields, Conservation Reserve Program acreage, and other natural areas.  The product is manufactured by Bioprodex Inc.  (FDACS PREC Agenda, 10/4/07).   

•  Based on a request by Bayer CropScience, the EPA has approved grass forage and hay tolerances for the fungicide trifloxystrobin (Flint®/Gem®).  (Federal Register, 9/19/07).