Regulatory Requirements for
Retailers on Non-Essential Pesticide
Use Regulation (MR 286/2014)
Prepared by
Manitoba Conservation & Water Stewardship
Purpose
This presentation is intended to provide information on
regulatory requirements for management as well as sales
associates of retail outlets in Manitoba that intend to sell
prescribed pesticide products. All retailers must sell and
display prescribed pesticide products according to
Manitoba’s Non-Essential Pesticide Use Regulation (MR
286/2014).
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Legislation Summary
The Environment Amendment Act (Reducing Pesticide Exposure)
and the Non-Essential Pesticide Use Regulation (MR 286/2014)
came into effect on January 1, 2015. Section 3 of the regulation
describes the responsibilities of all retailers including horticulture
and garden centres, nurseries, hardware, and home
improvement stores.
As of May 1, 2015, only herbicides on the regulated Allowable
List can be displayed and stored on open shelves where
customers can access them without the assistance of a sales
associate.
All other herbicides are still available for exempt uses, but
retailers must prevent direct access of these products to the
public and these are defined as ‘prescribed pesticide’.
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Intent of the Legislation
 Protect children and pets from unnecessary
pesticide exposure.
 Reduce use of lawn care products for
“cosmetic” or non-essential purposes.
 Encourage alternate lawn care options and
use of lower risk products.
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Scope of the Legislation
 Lawns including associated sidewalks, driveways and
patios.
 Lawns include grass sports fields, parks and plots of
maintained grass (mowed regularly at a uniform height)
around residential, commercial and institutional properties.
 Exterior properties of schools, hospitals, and child care
centres (including parking lots, hard surface areas,
gardens, sport fields and playgrounds).
* Lawn is defined as “a plot of grass that is maintained at a regular and approximately
uniform height through periodic and regular mowing; this includes any associated
walkway, driveway or patio”
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What’s Exempt for Homeowners?
 The legislation does not apply to garden areas such as
vegetable, fruit and flower gardens, as well as shrubs
and trees.
 Control of poisonous plants such as Poison Ivy, Poison
Sumac and Giant Hogweed.
 Control of alien invasive plant species such as Red
Bartsia. Homeowners should be encouraged to contact
their local MAFRD Go office to identify an alien invasive
plant species before using a prescribed pesticide to
control it.
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Enforcement Approach
 The enforcement approach for the first year will be
primarily educational based focusing on compliance
promotion.
 Department will conduct surveys and outreach at
retail outlets including horticulture and garden
centres, nurseries, hardware and home improvement
stores.
 Department will provide outreach material to retail
outlets, or retailers can print out copies on demand
from Departmental website.
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List of Allowable Pesticides
A “List of Allowable pesticides” based on active
ingredients is set out in a Schedule to the regulation.
Herbicide products containing these active ingredients
can be sold without any restrictions.
Allowable Pesticide Products are listed on the
website at:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/envprograms/initiati
ves/pesticide_red/index.html
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Allowable Active Ingredients
List of allowable active ingredients of herbicide products sold at the
retail outlets in Manitoba include:
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acetic acid (non-selective weed control)
ammonium soaps of fatty acids
citric acid
corn gluten meal (pre-emergent weed control product and
alternate to weed and feed products)
fatty acid
iron (ferrous or ferric) sulfate
iron, if present as FeHEDTA (selective, broadleaf weed killer)
lactic acid
liquid corn gluten
soap (potassium salts of fatty acid)
sodium chloride (selective weed killer)
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Example: Allowable Herbicide Products
Herbicide Product
Active
ingredients
Scotts Ecosense Pathclear
Wilson Total Wipe Out
Munger Horticultural Vinegar
Acetic Acid
Green earth Weed & Grass Killer
Scotts Ecosense Weed B Gon
Iron (present as
FEHEDTA)
Scotts Turf Builder Weed Prevent Corn Gluten Meal
Herbicide
President’s Choice Weed Seed Inhibitor & Lawn Fertilizer
Corn Gluten meal
* Full list of allowable herbicide products is available on departmental web site.
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Retailer Responsibilities
Retail Management is required to take necessary steps to ensure that
the sale of all prescribed pesticides follows regulatory requirements
which include:
 Ensure that the prescribed pesticides are secured or stored, by
whatever method is most suitable, so that the public does not have
direct access to them.
 Ensure that at least one person from the store is aware of
regulation MR 286/2014. That person can sell prescribed pesticide
products or train seasonal sales associates.
 Keep sales record for a five-year period which at minimum include:
Product name and number of units of each prescribed pesticide
sold based on container size. *
*These records must be made available to an Environment Officer upon request
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P.C.P. Registration Number
 P.C.P. Number shows that the
pesticide is federally registered
and it can be found on the
pesticide product label at the front.
 It can appear as REG. NO. 12345
P.C.P. ACT or Registration
Number 12345 Pest Control
Products Act.
 No two pesticides or pest control
products are given the same
number.
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Cross-check with the Allowable
Herbicide Product list
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If a herbicide product is listed on the Allowable Pesticide
Product List, then it can be placed on an open shelf.
 If a herbicide is NOT on the Allowable Pesticide Product List,
then prevent direct access from the public.
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Storage and Display of Prescribed
Pesticides
Public should NOT
have direct access to
prescribed pesticides
such as Killex ®,
Roundup ®, etc.
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Sales Associate Responsibilities
 Make reasonable inquires about the intended use of the
prescribed pesticide (e.g. ask questions about purpose
and proposed use of the requested prescribed
pesticide).
 If the purpose or proposed use is for cosmetic or nonexempted uses, direct customer to allowable pesticide
products.
 If the purpose or proposed use is an acceptable
exempted use, allow the sale of the prescribed
pesticide and explain the restrictions on where the
pesticides may only be legally used.
 Provide an Information Card on MR 286/2014 with all
prescribed pesticide purchases.
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Inform the Customer!
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Suggest mechanical weed control tools such as
telescoping scythe crack weeder, long-handled
uproot weeder, telescoping uproot weeder, small
crack weeder/weed slicer.
Promote healthy lawn care practices such as
aeration, over-seeding & topdressing, mowing,
fertilizing and proper watering.
Assist the customer with choosing herbicides from
the Allowable List of Herbicides.
Advise the customer to read the pesticide label
before use.
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Principal Display Panel at Front
If a pesticide is labelled
for use in, on, over a
lawn and it is labelled
as a “herbicide”, the
legislation applies and
the product must be
secured from direct
public access.
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Secondary Display Panel at back
Additional information on
safety and product use can
be found on the back of the
product or from the Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
before handling a pesticide.
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Container Size does not Change
Product Restrictions
Prescribed pesticides
of any size are
restricted for sale
under the regulation
(MR 286/2014).
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Purpose
Retailer’s Checklist
Sales Associates should
follow the Retailer’s Checklist
provided by the Province for
selling Pesticides. Managers
on site should make sure that
printed/ laminated copy of the
Checklist is available to retail
associates at the store.
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Retailer’s Checklist (Cont’d)
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Provide Information Card on MR
286/2014
An Information Card on Non-Essential Pesticide Use
Regulation (MR 286/2014) must accompany any
purchase of prescribed pesticide.
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Disposal of Pesticides
Domestic class herbicides
Manitoba Product Care Household Hazardous Waste Collection Sites (call 1.888.772.9772 for
more information). Sites include:
- Miller Environmental Corporation – 1803 Hekla Avenue, Winnipeg
- Responsible Electronics Recycling Manitoba Inc. – 511 Robinson Avenue, Selkirk
- City of Brandon – 3000 Victoria Avenue East, Brandon
- City of Steinbach – 104 Hanover Road East, Steinbach
- Whitemouth Reynolds Waste Management Facility – NW 21-11-12 EPM, RM of
Whitemouth
- RM of Rockwood – NE 19-13-02 EPM, RM of Rockwood
- RM of Gimli – 212 Harvard Avenue, Gimli.
Commercial class herbicides
Licensed hazardous waste collection/disposal facilities: Contact Hazardous Waste Program for
more information.
Hazardous Waste Program
Environmental Approvals Branch
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship
160-123 Main Street
Winnipeg MB R3C 1A5
Fax: 204-945-5229
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*Return unopened products to pesticide dealer
Scenario 1
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A customer asks a sales associate why Killex and
Round Up are not on display.
The Province wants to reduce exposure to lawn care
products used for “cosmetic” or non-essential purposes to
protect children and pets from unnecessary pesticide
exposure and encourage alternate lawn care options.
Prescribed pesticides such as Killex and Roundup can only
be used for exempted uses on lawns. The legislation does
not apply to pesticide use on gardens, shrubs and trees.
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Scenario 2
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A customer asks a sales associate what areas are
captured by the legislation.
The legislation applies to any lawn which is defined as a
plot of grass that is mowed regularly at a uniform height
including any associated walkway, driveway or patio. It also
applies to grass sports fields, parks and plots of maintained
grass (mowed regularly at a uniform height) around
residential, commercial and institutional properties.
Any exterior property of a school, hospital or child care
centre.
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Scenario 3
 A customer ask a sales associate about weed
control methods on lawns.
Direct the customer to allowable list of products on the open
shelves and mechanical tools to control weeds on lawns.
Promote healthy lawn care practices such as aeration, over
seeding, mowing, fertilizing and watering.
Also inform the customer that prescribed pesticides can only
be used for exempted purposes
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Scenario 4
 A customer asks what is an exempted use of a
prescribed pesticide?
Prescribed pesticides can be used to control poisonous
plants such as poison ivy and alien invasive plants such as
Red Bartsia.
Garden areas such as vegetable, fruit and flower gardens,
shrubs and trees are excluded from the legislation.
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Scenario 5
 A customer ask a sales associate about
purchasing insecticides for controlling mosquito
and bugs?
The legislation is focused on herbicides/weed control
products and does not include any insect control product.
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Additional Resources
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Self Assessment Tool for Retailers
An self assessment questionnaire is available at the
Manitoba Conservation & Water Stewardship website
as a tool for assessing knowledge of retail sales
associate on the regulatory requirements of the
regulation MR 286/2014
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/envprograms/initia
tives/pesticide_red/index.html
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Additional Resources (Cont’d)
 Manitoba Conservation & Water Stewardship (MC&WS)
For more information, visit Manitoba Conservation & Water
Stewardship website at
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/index.html
click on “pesticide exposure reduction”
 Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
(MAFRD): Growing Opportunities (GO) Centres of MAFRD
are the front-line service delivery to valuable information and
advice on noxious weeds and alien invasive plant
species. Please visit MAFRD website at
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/contact/
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Additional Resources (Cont’d)
 Pesticide and Pest Management of Health Canada
Information on pesticides is available for the Public at
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/index-eng.php
 How to have a healthy lawn
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/healthy-living-viesaine/environment-environnement/homemaison/lawn_healthy-saine_pelouse-eng.php
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