UPDATE: Following the release of this blog post, the maintenance fee due in January 2023 was increased to $4,875 per product. On Thursday, December 29, 2022, the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2022 (PRIA 5) was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The passing of this bill confirmed PRIA reauthorization [...]
On October 7th, EPA released its new Guidance for Products Adding Residual Efficacy Claims. After a thorough review including a comparative review of historical documents and all linked methods, and the Response to Comments document, Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (SRC) has created the below summary of changes. Registrants are being given a 1-year implementation [...]
Due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the United States EPA has engaged its Emerging viral Pathogens Policy (EVP). The current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease is caused by infection with Sudan ebolavirus. The first confirmed case was identified in a 25-year-old male in the Mubende District of Uganda on September 19th; though it [...]
UPDATE: The Maine Board of Pesticide Control has now set up a dedicated portal for submission of additional CSFs to ensure a secure method of transmitting these documents. Registrants should no longer email CSFs to Maine. Any CSF that was previously emailed to Maine does not need be resubmitted. In the below article, bolded red [...]
On July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent outbreak of Monkeypox virus “a public health emergency of international concern”.(1) This announcement has come following the continued worldwide spread of Monkeypox from 92 cases in 12 member countries reported in May to over 16,000 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in 75 member [...]
Update: The proposed fee increase for Oregon pesticide product registration has been approved with an effective date of September 21st, 2022. Products renewing on December 31st, 2022 for the 2023 registration year will be subject to the new fee of $360/product. Please contact your SRC consultant with any questions about this change. This week, Oregon [...]
Don't know where to start creating your product label? SRC is pleased to announce we can aid in drafting state label language to better assist you in the label creation process. SRC will provide all the required label language based on the claims you would like to utilize for your product. How will this service [...]
California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released California Notice CA 2022-12 - Application Return Policy for Pesticide Product Registrations and Amendments, setting a new timeframe for responding to applications that are incomplete, inaccurate, or missing the required application fee. The Policy This policy will go into effect on July 1st, 2022 and will limit [...]
Many news organizations have recently released articles related to a string of Monkeypox cases in the U.S and abroad. Over the weekend, The World Health Organization announced that as of May 21st there were 92 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox virus spread over 12 member states that are not endemic for the virus. All confirmed [...]
In January 2020, EPA responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic by triggering its Emerging Viral Pathogens Guidance allowing registrants who provide data against a harder to kill virus to make marketing claims against the SARS-CoV-2. Shortly after, EPA created List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 to assist consumers with finding products effective against the virus. [...]