{"id":28270,"date":"2019-04-23T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hortcouncil.ca\/?p=28270"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:08:32","slug":"restriction-of-neonicotinoid-uses-to-take-effect-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/04\/23\/restriction-of-neonicotinoid-uses-to-take-effect-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Restriction of Neonicotinoid Uses to Take Effect in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last week, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), a division of Health Canada, released its final decisions<\/a> on the pollinator re-evaluations of three neonicotinoid insecticides: clothianidin (Clutch), imidacloprid (Admire), and thiamethoxam (Cruiser, Actara).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Canada\ndetermined that the continued registration of imidacloprid, clothianidin, or\nthiamethoxam products are acceptable; however, certain uses have been cancelled\nto address possible risks to pollinators. Many of these cancelled uses affect\nCanadian fruit and vegetable growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bees and\nother pollinators are vital to the production of Canadian fruits and\nvegetables, and growers are intimately aware of the need to protect their\npollinators and their mutually beneficial relationship. As such, growers do not\nmake decisions that would hurt their pollinators. As an organization, the\nCanadian Horticultural Council (CHC) will work with its members to support\nfarmers during this transitional phase resulting from these long-awaited final\ndecisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PMRA did\na thorough science-based risk assessment and accounted for real exposure risks\nsuch as plant pollinator attractiveness. For these reasons, most uses on\nnon-attractive crops such as root and tuber vegetables (including potatoes),\nbrassica leafy vegetables, leafy vegetables, and (indoor) greenhouse vegetables\nremain unchanged. All seed treatments were also approved for continued use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many uses of\nimidacloprid, thiamethoxam, and clothianidin were modified or cancelled so as\nto reduce risk to pollinators during bloom, due to the systemic nature of the\nchemistries. As such, many horticulturally significant uses have been cancelled\nor restricted, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n