J.T. Eaton & Co.  suspends the sale of certain rodenticide, bird and insecticide products

Suspension came after EPA inquiry

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Subject:    PCT ONLINE'S WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER
 Date:        Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:22:21 -0500
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you might like to read an article from the PCT ONLINE'S WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER entitled; J.T. Eaton Voluntarily Ceases Production Of Several Products In Wake Of EPA Inquiry.

TWINSBURG, Ohio — In mid-January, J.T. Eaton & Co. notified its distributors that "due to problems in manufacturing and production" the company decided to suspend the sale of certain rodenticide, bird and insecticide products, prompting some in the industry to speculate that the longtime product supplier was the target of an EPA investigation. "I don't know what the situation is there," said one well-known distributor, "but I do know they have some regulatory problems."

While representatives of the EPA's Regional Counsel Office (Region 5) would not confirm or deny any action against the Twinsburg, Ohio-based firm, in mid-February J.T. Eaton released a statement that the product suspension came as a result of an Agency "inquiry into three products in which various reports and samples were provided to the EPA." In the meantime, the company voluntarily ceased manufacturing all of its EPA-registered products until further review.

According to a press release from the company, no mandate was issued by the Agency to stop the manufacture and sale of the products. Instead, J.T. Eaton is conducting a self-compliant audit of all registered products. "The suspension of production has enabled the company to use this time to thoroughly evaluate and analyze our product line," said Jack Polenick, a spokesperson for the company. J.T. Eaton hopes to return several of the affected products to the marketplace in the near future, although no specific timetable has been announced. "We hope to have one particular product back on line in the next two weeks, a rodenticide.

"We are most concerned that our customers continue to receive quality bait products with as little disruption as possible during this time of evaluation and transition," Polenick said. "We want to assure our customers that we will continue to be a major supplier of professional pest control products."

The company's line of mechanical traps, glue traps and bait stations are unaffected by the EPA audit.

Well Mr. Helliker, isn't it interesting that the alternatives that I use and recommend from this company are unaffected; while your "registered" POISONS are once again "suspect".  I also would like to point out that there were no product recalls on any of these "certain rodenticide, bird and insecticide products" either.  I guess what the public does not know will not "harm" them once again.

Respectfully,  Stephen L. Tvedten

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(Editor's Note:  The same thing happened with Diazinon, the company could or would not go through the process of reregistration so is "voluntarily" removing it from the market.  It really doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there is no way possible for these companies to ever show any type of safety on these toxins.)

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