{"id":6607,"date":"2015-01-01T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T05:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppmmagazine.com.au\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T23:32:05","slug":"apvma-bans-fenthion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/pest-control-products\/apvma-bans-fenthion\/","title":{"rendered":"APVMA BANS FENTHION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The active ingredient fenthion will no longer be permitted for use, following a decision by the APVMA.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-thick\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The APVMA has banned most uses of fenthion, citing safety concerns around people, animals, plants and the environment. The ban will come into effect in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Fenthion is a broad spectrum organophosphorus (OP) insecticide that has been registered in Australia for over 50 years. It is used by growers to control fruit fly.<\/p>\n<p>The APVMA review considered the use of fenthion to control insect pests in agricultural, commercial and domestic situations, external parasites on cattle, and pest birds in and around buildings.<\/p>\n<p>After consideration of advice from various agencies and submissions from industry and the public, the APVMA was not satisfied that the continued use of fenthion products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>would not be an undue hazard to<br \/>\nthe safety of people exposed to them during their handling or people using anything containing its residues<\/li>\n<li>would not be likely to have anunintended effect that is harmful to human beings<\/li>\n<li>would not be likely to have anunintended effect that is harmful to animals, plants or the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The APVMA affirmed the active constituent approval for fenthion held by Bayer CropScience and reprieved Lebaycid Insecticide Spray but only for post-harvest treatment of tropical and subtropical fruits with inedible peels.<\/p>\n<p>It cancelled the registrations of Tiguvon Spot-on Cattle Lice Insecticide, Control-A-Bird Agent, Avigrease Pest Bird Eradication Compound, David Gray&#8217;s Mosquito and Spider Spray Insecticide, Avigel Pest Bird Control Agent and Lebaycid Fruit Fly &amp; Insect Killer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/apvma.gov.au\/node\/12541\">APVMA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The active ingredient fenthion will no longer be permitted for use, following a decision by the APVMA.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The active ingredient fenthion will no longer be permitted for use, following a decision by the APVMA.\u00a0","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[],"company":[],"pest":[],"pesticide":[171],"product-service":[],"class_list":["post-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pest-control-products","pesticide-other","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"pest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pest?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"pesticide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pesticide?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"product-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-service?post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}