California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 6 - Pesticides and Pest Control Operations › Chapter 2 - Pesticides › Subchapter 1 - Pesticide Registration › Article 10 - Labeling › Section 6242 - Warning or Caution Statement

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Warning or caution statements, which are necessary, and
						if complied with, adequate to prevent injury to living man and useful
						vertebrate animals, useful vegetation, and useful invertebrate animals, must
						appear on the label in a place sufficiently prominent to warn the user, and
						must state clearly and in nontechnical language the particular hazard involved
						in the use of the pesticide, e.g., ingestion, skin absorption, inhalation,
						flammability or explosion, and the precautions to be taken to avoid accident,
						injury, or damage.
(a) The label of
					 every pesticide shall bear warnings or cautions which are necessary for the
					 protection of the public, including the statement, "Keep out of reach of
					 children," and a signal word such as "Danger," "Warning," or "Caution" as the
					 director may prescribe, on the front panel or that part of the label displayed
					 under customary conditions of purchase; provided, however, the director may
					 permit reasonable variations on the placement of that part of the required
					 warnings and cautions other than the statement, "Keep out of the reach of
					 children," and the required signal word, if in his opinion such variations
					 would not be injurious to the public. If a pesticide is marketed in channels of
					 trade where the likelihood of contact with children is extremely remote, or if
					 the nature of the product is such that it is likely to be used on infants or
					 small children without causing injury in under reasonably foreseeable
					 conditions, the director may waive the requirement of the statement, "Keep out
					 of reach of children" if in his opinion such a statement is not necessary to
					 prevent injury to the public. The director may permit a statement such as "Keep
					 away from infants and small children" in lieu of the statement "Keep out of
					 reach of children" if he determined that such a variation would not be
					 injurious to the public.
(b) The
					 label of every pesticide which is highly toxic to man shall bear the word
					 "Danger" along with the word "Poison" in red on contrasting background in
					 immediate proximity to the skull and crossbones, and an antidote statement
					 including directions to call a physician immediately on the front panel or that
					 part of the label displayed under customary conditions of purchase; provided,
					 however, the director may permit reasonable variations in the placement of the
					 antidote statement if some reference such as "See antidote statement on back
					 panel" appears on the front panel near the word "Poison" and the skull and
					 crossbones.
1.
						Editorial renumbering and amendment of former Section
						2395 to Section
						6242 filed 7-19-85 (Register 85,
						No. 29).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section and
						NOTE filed 3-27-97 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 97, No. 13).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  12781
						  and
						  14005,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  12751-
						  12994,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.