Cancellation of Storcide II for Stored Grain

EPA has ordered the cancellation, voluntarily requested by Bayer CropScience and accepted by EPA, of StorcideTM II Grain, Bin and Warehouse Insecticide, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).  The active ingredients are chlorpyrifos-methyl 21.6% and deltamethrin 3.7%.  This insecticide is being canceled because it contains chlorpyrifos.

 

The cancellation is effective on March 29, 2023.  Any distribution, sale, or use of Storcide II is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.  The full notice can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 88, No. 60, published on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

 

Existing stocks are those stocks of Storcide II which are currently in the United States, and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to March 29, 2023.  The existing stocks provisions for Storcide II is as follows.

 

Bayer CropScience may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of Storcide II, until March 29, 2024, which is one year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, Bayer CropScience is prohibited from selling or distributing Storcide II, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper disposal.  Persons other than Bayer CropScience may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of Storcide II until existing stocks are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the canceled product.

 

The bottom line is that Storcide II will not be available for purchase after March 29, 2024.  Existing stocks of Storcide II can be used, according to the label, until they are depleted.