2022_07_19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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minimum risk listing and classification – you need to have your active ingredient product – the active ingredient on the label itself and if you folks can see – it might be a little small but it’s down towards the bottom – the active ingredient is cotton seed oil – the list I have here on the bottom left – that’s the specific list that EPA provides through all of its regulatory enforcement agencies that, gives us an idea of these are all the products that are exempted and I have their highlighted cotton seed oil. So the next requirement is that the inert products must be on the approved list – so the 1 % is the cotton seed oil – 99% of the other product is sodium chloride - so salt – corn, cotton seed meal and molasses. So the EPA does define inert ingredients so basically I highlighted that right there on the bottom left – commonly consumed food – so salt, corn, and molasses. We, generally, we, a lot of us eat salt, corn and molasses. The one thing that I did highlight also is cotton seed meal, ah, that is provided in an exemption, you know, on the exemption list from EPA over on the right side and all of these lists are easily available online and I provided that list and I have a list of references later on in the presentation so, cotton seed meal is an approved inert ingredient within “HogStop” and on EPA’s side. So the next thing is that all ingredients must be listed on the label and appropriately summed to 100%. So we’ve gotten the cotton seed oil – the 1% - then the inert ingredients are 99% - so we’ve got a solid 100% - pretty easy math there – and we also have no claims to control pests that pose a threat to human health, so this is an example of like, let’s say, if the label said “controls hogs which reduce mosquitos and malaria,” right? So you have a human health claim and that would nullify the 25B and the minimum risk pesticide classification. But the label that we were provided, the manufacturer does not have that and every search that I’ve tried to find for any products related to “HogStop” do not have that threat to human health claim on them. Next one pretty simple, pretty easy – name of the company and contact information – they have it right there – it is packed by Corona Feed additives so, you know, that’s nice and easy. The one that you folks are probably interested in is that label – the label cannot include false or misleading statements. Now, the false and misleading statements we have here – it’s over on the right side – those are the statements and the claims by “HogStop.” Contraceptive bait for feral hogs – it has been proven that cotton seed oil and the chemical within cotton seed oil – known as gossypol – is and has been proven to be a reducer of sperm motility, and allowing the sperm to travel. Another claim would be reduces the fertility of males – no problem there. Maintains fertility interruption for at least 30 days. We have seen information not specifically provided to the Department but we’ve uncovered that, yes, you know, the – with the data that the manufacturers have provided that that’s and accurate statement – it does not kill hogs or non-target animals – that is also true – so the 1% cotton seed oil and gossypol does not have enough to basically do what’s called gossypol toxin – toxmosis – or something similar to that. I’m not a Toxicologist – I’m pesticides/regulatory management so… You know, that does check out based on the active ingredient requirement and the one that you folks are most interested in – it does not render meat unable to be eaten by people, so, you know, that’s where we’re a little, you know, we’ve been doing some research and gathering information, so, like I mentioned earlier why cotton seed oil – it’s gossypol – it’s a natural chemical made by the cotton plant – the seeds and the oil actually have that specific chemical but what that chemical is, is – the reaction that the chemical produces can be likened to eating asparagus or other sulfur containing foods, you know, it’s a naturally occurring chemical within asparagus that causes the effect that we’re all familiar with when you eat asparagus, um, with asparagus that effect – that smell – goes away after you stop eating it and that’s the same with gossypol – it’s removed, it accumulates in the liver and kidneys but it does – it gets released in fecal matter as well urine over time through the \[unclear\] of the feral pigs, you know, just for your folks information – cattle and beef are feed the same ingredients. Cattle are actually less susceptible to gossypol poisoning because they 18