Effective June 28, 2023, all antimicrobial notifications submitted to the Antimicrobials Division (AD) prior to October 1, 2022 have been closed out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Agency announcement, released on June 29, 2023, followed months of discussion between AD and the antimicrobial industry about how to best address the growing backlog of [...]
In response to recent simultaneous outbreaks of Marburg virus in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea the United States EPA has engaged the Emerging viral Pathogens Policy (EVP). The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for Equatorial Guinea first announced the outbreak on February 7, 2023. Since the announcement, 15 cases and 11 deaths have been confirmed [...]
On December 21, 2022, EPA published an Interim Guidance and two new methods to add bacterial and viral disinfection claims on porous surfaces. The guidance and methods may be used immediately for claim support, though registrants should be aware that EPA released the guidance with a 30-day comment period that was then extended through February [...]
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 After a thorough review including a comparative review of historical documents and all linked methods, and the Response to Comments document, Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (SRC) has created the below summary of changes.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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
State Year-End Registration Renewals are in Full Swing! Did you know that pesticide registrations for 40 of the U.S. states and territories expire in quarter 4? The SRC State Registration renewal season has begun, and our team has already completed over 10% of year-end registration renewals for our clients. Our 8-person registration team will renew [...]
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. [...]