TECNAZENE found in BING HAN GINSENG



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Mark Thorson

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Quoting from this file:
http://www.eclipsescientific.co.uk/newsclipse/tecnazene.htm

"Tecnazene is a fungicide and potato sprout suppressant widely used on stored potatoes. However, due
to insufficient data to perform an adequate risk assessment, use of all pesticides containing
tecnazene was revoked on 31 January 2000."

"This decision by Ministers follows a request for further data by the Advisory Committee on
Pesticides in 1995. A period of 3 years was allowed for the relevant residue stability, animal
metabolism and environmental fate and behaviour data to be produced. At the end of this period
inadequate data was submitted to the independent Advisory Committee on Pesticides and therefore the
risk assessment for tecnazene could not be completed. As a result approval for all products
containing tecnazene has been revoked and a period up to 31 January 2002 has been allowed for
disposal of existing stocks in the supply chain."

Quoting from this file: http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9908.html

"Ginseng Bing Han Medical Factory Quintozene
3/13/2001 (Powdered) 81, Cherng Gong Street *Pentachlorobenzene 211-9414883-5 Ell Jeun Village,
Taiwan *Tetrachloroaniline
I290230/120531 FEI# 3003196781 *Hexachlorobenzene 54F[]R12 - SEA *BHC Shipper: Bing Han (Canada)
*Pentachloroaniline Enterprises. Ltd. *Tecnazene 210-7911 Alderbridge Way
*Pentachlorothioanisole Richmond B.C., Canada FEI# 3003196782"

Quoting from this file: http://www.fda.gov/ora/oasis/5/ora_oasis_i_54.html

Refusal Actions by FDA as Recorded in OASIS

Country of Origin Entry # DOC Line Suffix Manufacture Name City / ISO Country Code District
Product Code Product Description Date Reason

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Taiwan, Republic Of China 310-5216341-2 1 1 Bing Han Enterprises Ltdpharmaceutical Factory
Tainan , TW CIN-DO 54YBZ04 PANAX GINSENG, PERSONAL SHIPMENT 02-MAY-2003 PESTICIDES