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Labels and Labeling
How to read supporting documents produced by the manufacturer
Labels and Labeling: Labels
The label is an EPA required document describing allowable use of a product.
- To the manufacturer it is a license to sell
- To governments (state & federal) it is a way to control distribution, sale, use, storage, transport, and disposal of the product
- To the buyer it is the main source of information about how to use the product safely and legally
- And, to tell the user about any safety measures needed for appropriate use
Labels and Labeling: Labels – Required Data
- Name of product
- Chemical and common name of the a.i
- Ingredient statement including percent of content and type of formulation
- Name and address of manufacturer
- EPA registration and establishment numbers
- Signal words and symbols
- Pesticide precautionary statement
- WPS requirements and precautions
- Statement of practical treatment
- Directions for use
- Plus several other items
Label Information on the Web
Collateral pesticide infoon the web
Permissions in FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
- May use pesticide at a rate lower than listed on label
- May use a pesticide on a target not listed on the label – as long as the site is listed
- May apply the pesticide by a method not listed on the label as long as the method is not prohibited on the label
FIFRA Requirements
- Site of application must be on the label for proposed use to be legal
- This leads to some confusion
- For most herbicides "site" is described as "Site-preparation", "Conifer release", etc
- For insecticides "site" often means the target pest such as "Gypsy moth" or "Bark beetles on conifers."
"It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling."
Do Not memorize label information!
Look at the label at least four times
- At the time you prescribe its use
- When the shipment arrives onsite
- At the tailgate safety session for crews
- At the time of disposal
Example chemical?: Velpar L, Garlon 3A, Garlon 4
Labels and Labeling: The Velpar L Label
- We’ll use the Velpar L (hexazinone) label for most of this discussion
- Note that herbicide labels are among the easiest to read
- (Monsanto’s and the companies which have bought repackaging rights to former Monsanto products are the exception)
Labels and Labeling: The Garlon 3A Label
- We’ll use the Garlon 3A (triclopyr) label for most of this discussion
- Note that herbicide labels are among the easiest to read
- (Monsanto’s are the exception)
Labels and Labeling: Supplemental labels
- Additional sites of allowable use
- Supplemental labels are easier to generate than a new label
- But, information from supplemental labels will be incorporated in the next version of the label issued
- If the use is maintained
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Labels and Labeling: Note about Aquatic Labels
- Computation of water volumes often gives applicators trouble
- Concept of acre foot (see aquatic label section) is confusing
- So most aquatic labels include a calibration table based on desired application rate and dimensions of the water body
Label revocation
- Canceled
- A specific use is no longer allowed by newer labeling – but products with that use listed on them may be used
- Like a postage stamp – used as originally permitted
- Suspended
- Specified uses are no longer permitted regardless of package label
- Think of a hanging – suspended uses are dead
Labels and Labeling: Labeling
- Supporting information
- Produced by the manufacturer
- Gives technical, environmental, or application (rate or tool) information
Calibration Guides
Product Info: American Cyanamid
Product Info: Dow
Product Info: DowElanco
Product Info: DuPont
Product Info: Monsanto
Product Info: NovArtis
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