Canada confirms continued registration of insecticide synergist MGK-264

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has completed the re-evaluation of MGK-264. Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada has determined that continued registration of most products containing MGK-264 is acceptable. An evaluation of available scientific information found that most uses of MGK-264 products meet current standards for protection of human health and the environment when used according to revised label directions which include new mitigation measures. Certain uses of MGK-264 are cancelled to address potential risks of concern to human health. 

 

N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK-264) is an insecticide synergist that is always co-formulated with one or more active ingredients belonging to synthetic pyrethroids and pyrethrins. It enhances the pesticide properties of other insecticides. MGK-264, is registered for a wide spectrum of insect pests in stored food and feed, structures, companion animals, human habitat and recreational areas, human skin, clothing and proximal sites, and residential outdoors. Domestic-class products are applied using pressurized spray cans, roll-ons, pet shampoos and pump sprayers. Commercial-class products are applied using foggers, ultra-low volume equipment, pressurized sprayers and automated aerosol dispensers. Information on registered products containing MGK-264 in Canada can be accessed through Health Canada's pesticide label search; there are 154 registered products as of 11 March 2019.
 

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