Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is granting registration to Bayer Crop Science for the sale and use of Deltamethrin Technical Insecticide and Annihilator PolyZone containing the technical grade active ingredient deltamethrin to control crawling and flying insect pests by application on indoor and outdoor surfaces of agricultural buildings and structures.

Deltamethrin is the active ingredient in the commercial class product Annihilator PolyZone Insecticide, which is used to kill various insect and tick pests in and on agricultural structures. Deltamethrin is a broad-spectrum synthetic pyrethroid insecticide which affects the insect nervous system causing paralysis and death.

Deltamethrin Technical Insecticide (Registration Number 18092) is currently registered in Canada for use on greenhouse ornamentals, greenhouse food crops, industrial oilseed crops, terrestrial feed and food crops, roadsides, shelterbelts and turf for the control of numerous insect pests and to control adult mosquitoes in residential and recreational areas.