Consultation on spidoxamat, Velancor, Plenexos Smart, Plenexos Care, Proposed Registration Decision PRD2025-15
Current status: Open
Opened on 18 November 2025 and will close for consultation on 18 December 2025.
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), pursuant to subsection 28(1) of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of Spidoxamat Technical Insecticide, Velancor, and Plenexos Care, containing the technical grade active ingredient spidoxamat, and Plenexos Smart, containing the technical grade active ingredients spidoxamat and flupyradifurone, to control labelled pests on pome fruits, stone fruits, small fruits vine climbing (except fuzzy kiwifruit) and tree nuts (except almonds).
How to get involved
This consultation is open for comment from 18 November 2025 to 18 December 2025 (30 calendar days). Open the “Consultation Summary” to access the document.
If you would like to comment, see the Pest Management Regulatory Agency Publications Section page for contact information. Please be sure to include the title of the consultation document on which you are commenting.
Health Canada will consider any written comments received from the public that are directly related to this proposed decision, such as comments directed to the science evaluation, in response to PRD2025-15 up to 30 days from the date of publication of this document (by 18 December 2025) before making a final decision on the proposed registration for spidoxamat, Velancor, Plenexos Smart, Plenexos Care.
If more time is required to provide comments, a request for an extension of an additional 15 days can be made. Your request must be submitted in writing to the PMRA’s Publications Section within the 30-day consultation period.
Reporting to Canadians
Health Canada will make the results of this consultation available on this website. Once the decision for spidoxamat, Velancor, Plenexos Smart, Plenexos Care is finalized, the PMRA will post a Registration Decision on the Pesticides and Pest Management Reports and Publications portion of Canada.ca.
If you have any questions, contact the Pest Management Information Service.
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