CONFIDOR GUARD SOIL INSECTICIDE

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority)

Active ingredient:

IMIDACLOPRID

Available from:

BAYER CROPSCIENCE PTY LTD

INN (International Name):

imidacloprid(350g/L)

Pharmaceutical form:

SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE

Composition:

IMIDACLOPRID GUANIDINE Active 350.0 g/L

Units in package:

5L-110L

Class:

A - Agricultural

Manufactured by:

BAYER CROPSCIENCE

Therapeutic group:

APPLE | BANANA - CAVENDISH | BANANA - SEE LABEL | CAPSICUM OR PEPPER | CITRUS | CUCURBIT | EGGPLANT | NON-BEARING CITRUS TREE |

Therapeutic area:

INSECTICIDE

Therapeutic indications:

BANANA RUST THRIP | BANANA WEEVIL BORER | BLACK CITRUS APHID | CANEGRUB - LEPIDIOTA NEGATORIA | CHILDERS CANEGRUB | CITRUS LEAFMINER | FRENCH'S CANEGRUB | GREEN PEACH APHID | GREYBACK CANEGRUB | PINKWAX SCALE | PLECTRIS CANE GRUB | RED SCALE | RHOPAEA CANEGRUB | SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY | SOUTHERN ONE-YEAR CANEGRUB | WOOLLY APHID | BEMISIA TABACI (BIOTYPE B) | CITRUS RED SCALE | COTTON WHITEFLY | NEGATORIA CANEGRUB | POINSETTIA WHITEFLY | SOUTHERN 1 YEAR CANEGRUB | TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA

Product summary:

Poison schedule: 6; Withholding period: WHP: HARVEST: CITRUS: DO NOT HARVEST F OR 20 WEEKS AFTER APPLICATION. SUGARCA NE: DO NOT HARVEST FOR 21 WEEKS AFTER A PPLICATION. ALL OTHER CROPS: NOT REQUIR ED WHEN USED AS DIRECTED. GRAZING: SU GARCANE: DO NOT GRAZE OR CUT FOR STOCK FEED FOR 21 WEEKS AFTER APPLICATION. P EANUTS: DO NOT GRAZE OR CUT TREATED ARE AS FOR STOCK FOOD FOR 12 WEEKS AFTER AP PLICATION. BRASSICAS: DO NOT GRAZE ANY TREATED AREA OR CUT FOR STOCK FOOD. D O NOT FEED PRODUCE HARVESTED FROM TREAT ED AREA TO ANIMALS INCLUDING POULTRY.; Host/pest details: APPLE: [WOOLLY APHID]; BANANA - CAVENDISH: [BANANA RUST THRIP, BANANA WEEVIL BORER]; BANANA - SEE LABEL: [BANANA WEEVIL BORER]; BRASSICA VEGETABLES: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; CAPSICUM OR PEPPER: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; CITRUS: [BLACK CITRUS APHID, CITRUS GALL WASP - SUPPRESSION, CITRUS LEAFMINER, PINKWAX SCALE, RED SCALE]; CUCURBIT: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; EGGPLANT: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; NON-BEARING CITRUS TREE: [CITRUS LEAFMINER]; PEANUT: [CANEGRUB - LEPIDIOTA NEGATORIA, CHILDERS CANEGRUB, FRENCH'S CANEGRUB, GREYBACK CANEGRUB, SOUTHERN ONE-YEAR CANEGRUB, WHITEGRUB]; POTATO: [GREEN PEACH APHID, SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; SUGAR CANE: [CANEGRUB - LEPIDIOTA NEGATORIA, CHILDERS CANEGRUB, FRENCH'S CANEGRUB, GREYBACK CANEGRUB, PLECTRIS CANE GRUB, RHOPAEA CANEGRUB, SOUTHERN ONE-YEAR CANEGRUB]; SUGAR CANE - PLANT CROP: [CANEGRUB - LEPIDIOTA NEGATORIA, CHILDERS CANEGRUB, GREYBACK CANEGRUB, PLECTRIS CANE GRUB, RHOPAEA CANEGRUB, SOUTHERN ONE-YEAR CANEGRUB]; SWEET POTATO: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; TOMATO: [SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY]; A soil applied treatment for the control of various canegrubs in sugar cane, certain pests in apples, citrus, and various vegetable crops, and an injection treatment for control of certain pests in bananas.See Restraints, & special notes on label regarding aquatic toxicity on label.

Authorization status:

Stopped

Authorization date:

2023-07-01

Patient Information leaflet

170MM DEEP
168344
03 Confidor Guard 5L Front
Bayer Aus
28/08/2009
DIELINE
4 COLOUR PROCESS
160MM WIDE
MN2912787 – LBL 6451659A/0909
A SOIL APPLIED TREATMENT 
FOR THE CONTROL OF VARIOUS CANEGRUBS 
IN SUGARCANE, CERTAIN PESTS IN APPLES, CITRUS 
AND VARIOUS VEGETABLE CROPS, AND AN INJECTION TREATMENT 
FOR CONTROL OF CERTAIN PESTS IN BANANAS AS SPECIFIED IN THE 
DIRECTIONS FOR USE TABLE
55753_45595_5L Front_MPL_V1_size 160mm (w) x 170mm (d) print A4 @ 100%

APPROVED 
LABEL 

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Verified

170MM DEEP
168344
01 Confidor Guard 5L Base
Bayer Aus
27/08/2009
DIELINE
BOOK AREA (168X100)
BLACK
160MM WIDE
LBL 6451667A/0909
APVMA Approval N0.: 55753/5/0909
55753_45595_5L Back_MPL_V1_size 160mm (w) x 170mm (d) print A4 @ 100%
170MM DEEP
168344 
03 Confidor Guard 10L Front
Bayer Aus
28/08/2009
DIELINE
4 COLOUR PROCESS
160MM WIDE
MN2910164 – LBL 6451675A/0909
A SOIL APPLIED TREATMENT 
FOR THE CONTROL OF VARIOUS CANEGRUBS 
IN SUGARCANE, CERTAIN PESTS IN APPLES, CITRUS 
AND VARIOUS VEGETABLE CROPS, AND AN INJECTION TREATMENT 
FOR CONTROL OF CERTAIN PESTS IN BANANAS AS SPECIFIED IN THE 
DIRECTIONS FOR USE TABLE
55753_45595_10L Front_MPL_V1_size 160mm (w) x 170mm (d) print A4 @
100%

APPROVED 
LABEL 
170MM DEEP
168344
01 Confidor Guard 10L Base
Bayer Aus
27/08/2009
DIELINE
BOOK AREA (168X100)
BLACK
160MM WIDE
LBL 6451683A/0909
APVMA Approval N0.: 55753/10/0909
55753_45595_10L Back_MPL_V1_size 160mm (w) x 170mm (d) print A4 @ 100%
SOIL INSECTICIDE
ACTIVE CONSTITUENT: 350 G/L IMIDACLOPRID
A soil applied treatment for the control of various canegrubs in
sugarcane, certain 
pests in apples, citrus and various vegetable crops, and an
injection treatment for
control of certain pests in bananas as specified in the DIRECTIONS FOR
USE table.

STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
Store in the closed, original container in a cool, well ventilated
area. Do not store 
for prolonged periods in direct sunlight.
Triple or preferably pressure rins

Summary of Product characteristics

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET 

Date of Issue: October 2
nd
, 2008 

CONFIDOR GUARD SOIL INSECTICIDE 

Page 1 of 6 
1.  IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER 

PRODUCT NAME 
CONFIDOR
®
 GUARD SOIL INSECTICIDE 
OTHER NAMES 
None 
PRODUCT CODE AND 
PACK SIZES 
2912787 (5 L); 2910164 (10 L) 
CHEMICAL GROUP 
Chloronicotinyl 
RECOMMENDED USE 
Agricultural insecticide applied to soil 
FORMULATION 
Suspension concentrate 
SUPPLIER 
Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd ABN 87 000 226 022 
ADDRESS 
391 - 393 Tooronga Road, East Hawthorn 

Victoria 3123, Australia 
TELEPHONE 
[phone] 
FACSIMILE 
[phone] 
WEBSITE 
www.bayercropscience.com.au [http://www.aventis.com.au/]
CONTACT 
Development Manager [phone] 
EMERGENCY 
TELEPHONE NUMBER 

1800 033 111 – Orica SH&E Shared Services 

2.  HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION 

_EMERGENCY OVERVIEW _
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE (SEE RISK PHRASES BELOW) – NON DANGEROUS GOOD

HARMFUL TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS 

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION  Hazardous (National
Occupational Health and Safety Commission - NOHSC) 

RISK PHRASES 
R22 – Harmful if swallowed 
R43 – May cause sensitisation by skin contact 

SAFETY PHRASES 
See Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 

ADG CLASSIFICATION 
Not classified as a “Dangerous good” for transport by
road or rail according to the Australian 
Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail: 

SUSDP CLASSIFICATION  Schedule 6 (Standard for the Uniform
Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons) 

3.  COMPOSITION / INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS 

INGREDIENTS CAS 
NUMBER 
CONCENTRATION (G/L) 
Imidacloprid [138261-41-3] 
350 
Mixture of: 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-
one and 2-methyl-2Hisothiazol-3-one (3:1) 
[55965-84-9] 0.02 

Glycerin [56-81-5] 
125 
Other ingredients 
(non-hazardous) 
≈ 715 

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET 

Date of Issue: October 2
nd
, 2008 

CONFIDOR G

Safety Data Sheet

CONFIDOR GUARD
1
CONTENTS
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
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RESTRAINTS
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2
DIRECTIONS FOR USE TABLES
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FIELD CROPS
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FRUIT CROPS
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VEGETABLES
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WITHHOLDING PERIODS
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EXPORT OF TREATED PRODUCE
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Note for Vegetable Crops: potential migration of silverleaf whitefly
from neighbouring crops ............................ 8
Mixing
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Application
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Application (sugarcane)
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