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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 7001-77
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Best Contact Weed Killer' is an herbicide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 7001-77. It was originally approved by EPA on 06 Mar 1972. Its registration got cancelled on 14 Oct 1986. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Dinoseb. It's approved for 46 sites including airfields, alfalfa, almonds, apples, apricots, beans, birdsfoot trefoil, blackberries, blueberries, and bush fruits. It is also approved for 20 pests and pest groups including but not limited to annual grasses, annual weeds, barnyardgrass, chickweed, crabgrass, desiccant, downy mildew, foxtail, lambsquarters, and mallow.

Original registration date:

  • 06 Mar 1972

Cancellation date:

  • 14 Oct 1986

Alternative names:

  • BEST CONTACT WEED KILLERActive
  • OXY CONTACT WEED KILLERAlternate

Registrant:

  • J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
  • Address:
    16777 Howland Rd.
    Lathrop, CA 95330

Active ingredients:

  • Dinoseb 30%
  • Other ingredients 70%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Herbicide

Formulation:

  • Soluble Concentrate

Registered target pests:

  • Annual grasses
  • Annual weeds
  • Barnyardgrass
  • Chickweed
  • Crabgrass
  • Desiccant
  • Downy mildew
  • Foxtail
  • Lambsquarters
  • Mallow
  • Mayweed
  • Mustard
  • Pigweed
  • Pineappleweed
  • Sorrel
  • Sweet fennel
  • Watergrass
  • Wild carrot
  • Wild oat
  • Winter annual weeds

Registered target sites:

  • Airfields
  • Alfalfa (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Alfalfa (soil treatment)
  • Almonds (soil treatment)
  • Apples (soil treatment)
  • Apricots (soil treatment)
  • Beans (soil treatment)
  • Birdsfoot trefoil (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Blackberries (soil treatment)
  • Blueberries (soil treatment)
  • Bush fruits (soil treatment)
  • Cherries (soil treatment)
  • Citrus (soil treatment)
  • Clover (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Corn (soil treatment)
  • Cucurbits (soil treatment)
  • Currants (soil treatment)
  • Dates (soil treatment)
  • Drainage ditch banks
  • Fencerows (nonagricultural)
  • Filberts (soil treatment)
  • Gladiolus (soil treatment)
  • Gooseberries (soil treatment)
  • Grapes (soil treatment)
  • Hops (soil treatment)
  • Industrial sites
  • Irrigation canal banks
  • Peaches (soil treatment)
  • Pears (soil treatment)
  • Peas (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Pecans (soil treatment)
  • Plums (soil treatment)
  • Pole yards
  • Potatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Potatoes (soil treatment)
  • Prunes (soil treatment)
  • Railroads
  • Raspberries (soil treatment)
  • Rights-of-way (highway)
  • Rights-of-way (railroad)
  • Rights-of-way (utility)
  • Roadsides
  • Soybeans (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Storage yards
  • Tank farms (petroleum)
  • Walnuts (soil treatment)