USDA Seizes 4 Pest Products Four pcsticidal products a disinfectant, a garden in sect dust, a bird repellent, and a fly bait were seized by US. Marshals during the first half of March, following charges by the UiS. Depart ment of Agriculture- that these products were shipped in violation of the Federal In secticide, Fungicide, and Ro denticide Act. The Act is administered by the Pesticides Regulation Di vision of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service to protect the public from losses and possible personal injury through faulty, misbranded, or adulterated products. lit requnes all insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, herbi cides, disinfectants, sanitizers, plant giowth regulators, de siccants, plant defoliants, and ipioducts used for the con trol of ceitain types of fish, birds, and mammals moving in interstate com'merce to be reg istered with the Secretary of Agriculture and to be proper ly formulated and labeled In Biidgeport, Conn, on March 12, U S Marshals seized 69 thiee-pound-twelve ounce containers of “Dirtex (Cleaner foi Walls, Floors, Wood'woik" shipped by Sava gran Co Norwood, Mass U,S DA alleged that the product was not icgistered -with the Secretaiy of Agriculture as requn-ed by law; that the la bel did not bear an ingredi ent statement, and that the product, when used as direct ed, would not “fight germs as it cleans paint and varnish surfaces, woodwork, bathroom fixtures, tiles, stoves, refrig erators and other appliances, floors, linoleum, pots, pans, and every washable surface of the home,” as claimed on the label. In Providence, R. 1., on March 11, UiS Marshals seized 5 one-pound conta mers of “AfPCO ‘7s’ Rotenone Dust” USD A alleged that the pioduct was misihranded be cause it contained an active ingredient not listed in the ingredient statement and be cause the label did not bear adequate instructions for use The APICO ‘7s’ rotenone dust registered with USD A did not contain any ehloidane ARS tests showed that this pai ticulai shipment of the piod uet did contain chlordane though it stall boie the in giedient statement registered with USDA The pioduct still boie the same directions for use, though a product con taining ehloidane calls for different duections fiom a product containing only rote none UISDA also alleged that the product was adulterated because the chlordane had been added. In College Park, Ga., on March 2, US Marshals seized 98 one-tenth-gallon tubes of a product shi'p'ped unlalbeled by Dexter Pest Control & Services, Inc., and invoiced as “Bird Repellent ” Stephenson Chemical Co., the College Park dealer, had labeled the product, in part, “Stephen son’s Superior Bird Repellent for Pigeons, Starlings and Sparrows.” UISDA alleged that the product was not regis tered and that it was mis branded because the label did not bear an ingredient state ment or directions for use. In iLmblbock, Texas, on March 2, US. Marshals seized approximately 8,930 two-ounce containers of “Coss man Fly Cake,” shipped by E. Joseph Oossman and Co., Hollywood, Calif. USDA al leged that the product was adulterated and misbranded because the label listed .25 percent of DDViP as the ac tive ingredient and 99.75 per cent inert ingredients, AIRS analyses showed that this shipment of the product con tained less than .25 percent of DDVP and more than 90.7 S percent inert ingredi ents. 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