The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially reinstated all tolerances for chlorpyrifos on February 5, 2024, undoing a prior rule that had halted chlorpyrifos use on all food and feed commodities in early 2022....more
What Happened: EPA activated its Emerging Viral Pathogens guidance to permit limited claims that certain registered pesticides are effective against the monkeypox virus.
Who’s Impacted: Manufacturers and distributors of...more
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• What Happened: EPA has indefinitely extended its activation of the emerging viral pathogens guidance for antimicrobial pesticides, permitting registrants with a pre-qualified “emerging viral pathogen...more
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• What happened: EPA announced that it will retract the temporary amendments to Pesticide Registration (“PR”) Notice 98-10, originally issued by EPA in March 2020. These amendments were intended to provide...more
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• What Happened: EPA issued revised draft guidance clarifying the types of plant biostimulant products and claims about such products that trigger regulation under FIFRA.
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Citing a nationwide shortage of disinfectant products during the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on March 26, 2020 that it will now allow...more
On January 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced reduced residue chemistry data requirements for many seed-treatment pesticide uses. The new guidance introduces important changes to EPA policy and...more