A Calgary man has been convicted of selling a product to control algae
growth in dugouts that was registered to another company.
Anwar Karmali of Nature Aid Products was sentenced in provincial court
to pay $1,150 in fines, to forfeit 11, four-litre jugs of the algaecide
to the federal health department, pay disposal costs and $423.10
restitution to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency and United Farmers
of Alberta.
The algaecide, Cutrine Plus Liquid, registered to an American company,
Applied Biochemists, was sold through UFA stores between June 1998 and
August 1999. Karmali sold the copper-sulfate product under the same
name, Cutrine Plus Liquid, said Andrea Sawatzky, regional pesticides
officer with PMRA in Calgary.
The unregistered product contained three to four percent copper sulfate
product instead of the label guarantee of nine percent.
Another Calgary man, Larry Thygesen, pleaded guilty and was fined
earlier for selling the same algaecide, Cutrine Plus Liquid, directly
to farmers.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency is responsible for ensuring the
safety, merit and value of pest control products in Canada.
