Trade names of pesticides freely available to the customer (class 5)

Pesticide classes make it possible to establish regulatory requirements in terms of health risk and for the environment that these products present. In Quebec, pesticides are grouped into 5 classes. Class 5 includes pesticides that pose the least risk to health and the environment. This includes household pesticides that exclusively contain one or more biopesticides, regardless of the format or type of formulation (concentrated or ready to use) as well as most household pesticides ready for use and marketed in volumes or weights equal to or less than 1 liter or 1 kilogram.

The holder of a permit to sell pesticides must place the class 1 to 3 and 4 products that he offers for sale in such a way that customers cannot use themselves (Pesticide Management Code, section 27). Each business can set up its pesticide display in the most appropriate manner, taking into account its situation and as long as it complies with the Code. Class 5 pesticides are therefore freely accessible to the customer.

These lists, made available for the purposes of applying this requirement, are administrative in nature and have no official value. They indicate the product's registration number under the Pest Control Products Act, its trade name, the active ingredient (s) it contains, and the class to which it belongs under the Regulations Respecting Permits and Certificates for the Sale and Use of Pesticides.

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