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What you need to know before importing unregistered pesticides for personal use

Issued October 18, 2017
Issue
Hazard description
Unauthorized products
What to do
Starting April 18, 2018, you can no longer bring unregistered pesticides into Canada if they are not equivalent to those already registered in Canada for personal use in or around your home (i.e., Domestic Class products). An equivalent pesticide is one that has the same active ingredient in the same concentration. In addition, you will no longer be allowed to purchase unregistered pesticides online and have them shipped to Canada. The purchaser of the product must bring it into Canada in person. In addition, the updated regulations state that the pesticide must: not be an organism or a device not exceed 500 mL or 500 g in quantity be in original packaging with original label that must be in at least one official language be authorized for use as a pesticide in another country and bear the assigned authorization number Canadians can use the Health Canada online pesticide label database to access all registered pesticides in Canada. They can also use the Pesticide Labels mobile app to search for registered pesticides by product name, active ingredient, registrant name, or full label contents.