EPA has released an Interim Guidance for the Evaluation of Products for Claims Against Viruses (“Policy”) which creates a pathway for registrants to add viral claims to food contact and non-food contact sanitizing products for hard, non-porous surfaces in non-healthcare related use sites. This Policy is now available for use as a 10-year pilot program, [...]
On October 2nd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 36 confirmed cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) and 11 deaths in the Republic of Rwanda. Thus far, the outbreak has been contained to the Republic of Rwanda and the CDC has assessed there is minimal risk of spread to the United States. In [...]
The Nevada Department of Agriculture has proposed an amendment to Chapter 586 of the Nevada Administrative Code to increase the states annual pesticide registration fee to $281 per product. This is an almost 225% increase over the current fee of $125 per product. The Nevada Department of Agriculture has conducted an evaluation of its budget [...]
A common theme of 2024 is extended processing timelines for pesticide product reviews and approvals at both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). There are many factors leading to the current Agency timelines for all submission types. A large backlog of actions coupled with resource constraints (personnel and budgetary) [...]
UPDATE: The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) fee increases shown in the below table are in effect as of October 1, 2024. CalPEST and DPR's application forms have been updated to reflect the new fee schedule. Note the change to remove the separate fee for notifications of minor changes. DPR has promised to initiate a [...]
Update to original blog on this topic, which was posted on October 03, 2023. On August 28, 2024, EPA published a final guidance and corresponding test method to allow the addition of planktonic Legionella pneumophila claims for cooling tower water. These documents are now able to be used to support product claims. SRC Senior Efficacy Consultant, Denise [...]
Last week EPA released Bilingual Labeling Questions & Answers on its website to aid registrants in adding Spanish to their product labels. PRIA 5 requires all agricultural and restricted use non-agricultural pesticides to provide Spanish translation of key labeling information either on the container label or via a scannable link on the product label. Antimicrobials [...]
UPDATE: The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released a California Notice to Stakeholders, stating the launch of the California Pesticide Electronic Submission Tracking (CalPEST) system has been delayed until September 24, 2024. This delay will allow DPR time to correct functionality and security issues discovered during final testing and launch preparations. Please see [...]
In 2021, the Office of the Indiana State Chemist (OISC) state agencies began an audit of all registered Minimum Risk 25(b) Pesticide products to ensure they met the requirements outlined in AAPCO FIFRA 25(b) Workgroup guidance documents. To comply with this audit, all registrants were required to provide a market label, Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF), [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has ended its Agrichemical Cleanup Program (ACCP) fee holiday for non-household and minimum risk 25(b) exempt pesticides. This change will increase the Wisconsin product registration fee from $500 to $515 per product. The $15 fee increase for “non-household” pesticides will take effect with renewal season [...]