Technical page: Tracer Insecticide

Always read the label before use

Contains:

480 g/litre (44.03% w/w) spinosad

MAFF no:

12438

Pack Size:

0.5 Litre

Crop Max Individual Dose Max Total Dose Latest Time of Application
Apple, Pear Pre-blossom Post-blossom 150 ml/ha
1 per crop 7 days
250 ml/ha 3 per crop 7 days
Brussels sprout (outdoor) 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 3 days
Cabbage (outdoor) 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 7 days
Cauliflower (outdoor) 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 7 days
Leek (outdoor) 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 7 days
Bulb Onion (outdoor) 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 7 days
Salad Onion 200 ml/ha 4 per crop 7 days

Ornamental Plant Production:

See Other Specific Restrictions

Operator Protection:

WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE GLOVES when handling the concentrate and when handling contaminated surfaces.

WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (IMPERMEABLE COVERALLS) AND SUITABLE PROTECTIVE GLOVES when applying by hand-held equipment. Spray equipment must only be used where the operator's normal working position is within a closed cab on a tractor or self- propelled sprayer when making air assisted application to apple or pear.

WASH HANDS AND EXPOSED SKIN before meals and after work.

WASH CONCENTRATE from skin or eyes immediately.

Environmental Protection:

To protect aquatic organisms respect a buffer zone [refer to section on LERAP for buffer zone width] to surface water bodies.

DO NOT ALLOW DIRECT SPRAY from broadcast air-assisted sprayers to fall within 40 metres of the top of the bank of a static or flowing waterbody, unless a Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) permits a narrower buffer zone, or within 5 metres of the top of a ditch which is dry at the time of application. Aim spray away from water.

DO NOT ALLOW DIRECT SPRAY from horizontal boom sprayers to fall within 5 metres of the top of the bank of a static or flowing water body, or within 1 metre of the top of a ditch which is dry at the time of application. Aim spray away from water.

This product qualifies for inclusion within the Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) scheme. Before each spraying operation from a horizontal boom sprayer or broadcast air-assisted sprayer, either a LERAP must be carried out in accordance with PSD's published guidance or the statutory buffer zone must be maintained. The results of the LERAP must be recorded and kept available for three years.

DO NOT CONTAMINATE WATER with the product or its container.

Storage and disposal:

KEEP AWAY FROM FOOD, DRINK AND ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS.

WASH OUT CONTAINER THOROUGHLY, empty washings into the spray tank and dispose of safely.

DO NOT RE-USE CONTAINER for any purpose.