Registration Decision RD2021-02, Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03, BioCeres F WP, BioCeres F GR, and BioCeres D GR

Pest Management Regulatory Agency
15 March 2021
ISSN: 1925-0940 (PDF version)
Catalogue number: H113-25/2021-2E-PDF (PDF version)

Table of Contents

• Registration decision statement for Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03
• Other information

Registration decision statement^{Footnote 1} for Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is granting registration for the sale and use of Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03, BioCeres F WP, BioCeres F GR, and BioCeres D GR, containing the technical grade active ingredient Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03, for reduction in numbers of Colorado potato beetle on potato, tomato, bell pepper, and eggplant; tarnished plant bug on spinach, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, celery, strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry; as well as chinch bug and European chafer and Japanese beetle larvae in turf.

This decision is consistent with the Proposed Registration Decision PRD2020-16, Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03, BioCeres F WP, BioCeres F GR, and BioCeres D GR, whichcontains a detailed evaluation of the information submitted in support of this registration. The evaluation found that, under the approved conditions of use, the health and environmental risks and the value of the pest control products are acceptable. Health Canada received no comments on PRD2020-16.

Other information

The relevant test data on which the decision is based (as referenced in PRD2020-16)are available for public inspection, upon application, in the PMRA’s Reading Room (located in Ottawa). For more information, please contact the PMRA’s Pest Management Information Service by phone (1-800-267-6315) or by e‑mail (pmra.info-arla@hc-sc.gc.ca).

Any person may file a notice of objection^{Footnote 2} regarding this registration decision within 60 days from the date of publication of this Registration Decision. For more information regarding the basis for objecting (which must be based on scientific grounds), please refer to the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website (Request a Reconsideration of Decision) or contact the PMRA’s Pest Management Information Service.