Sanitizers May Now Make Claims Against Viruses
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 [...]
EPA Resets Activation Date of Emerging Viral Pathogens Policy for Marburg Virus
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 [...]
Nevada Proposes Pesticide Registration Fee Increase
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 [...]
Don’t Let Quality Be the Hold Up on Your Regulatory Submissions!
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 [...]
Update: California DPR Fee Increases Now In Effect
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 [...]
EPA Final Guidance and Test Method for Legionella Claims in Cooling Tower Water
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 [...]