Flyspray season started early this year where we live, as in, during our first warm spell in mid-March! Off to the tack store we went to replenish the flyspray in the grooming kit, only to find our usual brand not yet on the shelf. The store employees were all apologetic, but we kept reminding them that normally, no one is buying flyspray at this time of year, it's ok! Another brand my daughter buys had a green version this year, so we bought it, brought it home, then realized the bottle was strangely noncommunicative as to what it was and what it did, only that it was safe and effective, and supposedly had 7 aromatic oils that it didn't list in the ingredients. The ingredient list did however, mention something it referred to as (parfumes). In brackets just like that.
My daughter went to the company website, which is US-based, and lo and behold but the same bottle with a drastically updated label that actually listed those 7 aromatic oils, stated what the product did, and all on the front label! Another lady we know had actually returned to the tack store asking them if this product was what she'd bought it for! Yes, yes it is, but the regulations around natural health products here in Canada extend to veterinary care products, which include things like flyspray! To get around the unnecessarily complex hoops, the US-based company simply changed their label.
I have a feeling we are going to see more of this in the future, as companies that sell beneficial products can't or won't jump through the regulatory maze and simply change their label instead. As it is, our prickly lettuce ACV tincture is now labelled as an infused vinegar, because that is considered safe to make at home in an unregulated kitchen.
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