What Does Health Canada Consider When Making a Re-evaluation Decision?
The PMRA’s pesticide re-evaluation program considers potential risks, as well as value, of pesticide products to ensure they meet modern standards established to protect human health and the environment. Regulatory Directive DIR2001-03, PMRA Re-evaluation Program, presents the details of the re-evaluation activities and program structure. Metalaxyl racemic mixture and R-enantiomer, two of the active ingredients in the current re-evaluation cycle, have been re-evaluated under Re-evaluation Program 1. This program relies as much as possible on foreign reviews, typically United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents. For products to be re-evaluated under Program 1, the foreign review must meet the following conditions: • it covers the main science areas, such as human health and the environment, that are necessary for Canadian re-evaluation decisions; • it addresses the active ingredient and the main formulation types registered
