The Kansas Department of Agriculture has recently started enforcing a state multipack policy based on interpretation of their pesticide law. Moving forward, Kansas will require all new multipack configurations to be registered separately from the individual brand name registrations with the standard $150 fee per antimicrobial multipack ($180 fee per multipack for products not classified [...]
In addition to compliance assistance with the new Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) of 2022, SRC offers compliance support for cosmetic ingredient disclosure and reporting requirements for the California Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005 (CSCA) (and the Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 (CFFIRKA) (Senate [...]
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services and Arkansas Department of Agriculture have recently updated their pesticide registration policies to require additional registrations for differing labels. These states are now requiring multiple fees for products within a single EPA Registration Number for any label variation other than size, scent, or color. Changes that [...]
On Friday, February 24th, the U.S. EPA issued What You Need to Know About Producing, Distributing or Selling Pesticide Devices, a Compliance Advisory explaining how FIFRA regulations apply to pesticidal devices. EPA defines a pesticidal device as "an instrument or contrivance that is intended to destroy, repel, trap, or mitigate any pest, including but not [...]
UPDATE: Registration fee invoices for products actively registered in the U.S. Virgin Islands will be sent out in February 2023. On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources (DPNR) updated its Pesticide Control Program Rules and Regulations to include a $400 biennial fee for products registered in the territory. [...]
U.S. EPA and many states and territories have adopted more stringent limits for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in consumer products. While newer limits have already taken effect in some states (or for certain product categories), the effective date for others is quickly approaching. New VOC limits for specific product categories in California and New York [...]
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 August 1, 2022, proposed amendments to California’s Consumer Product Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State. These amendments are a result of the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) efforts to reduce VOC emissions from consumer products, which CARB states are the [...]
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 [...]