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EPA has responded to public comment on its proposed interpretation and clarification of the definition of a pesticide label “panel” and the placement of first aid statements on such labels.…

On September 7, 2017, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) published in the Canada Gazette a set of amendments to the Pest Control Products Regulations (PCPR) for implementation of the…

On September 8, 2017, the CPDA Agrotechnology Committee held its first inaugural meeting via conference call.  As reported previously, the CPDA Board of Directors approved the merger of the CPDA…

As reported previously, on March 20, 2017, H.R. 1029, the “Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017” (PRIA 4), was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and sent to the…

On September 19, 2017, CPDA President Sue Ferenc and CPDA Director of Regulatory Affairs Sylvia Palmer met with Bill Perry and Maureen Ruskin, Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of OSHA’s…

On July 25, 2017, legislation (S. 1624) titled the “Protect Children, Farmers, and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act of 2017” was introduced by Senators Tom Udall (D-NM), Richard Blumenthal…

CPDA’s 2017 Annual Adjuvants & Inerts Conference held May 3rd in Indianapolis, Indiana featured an informative and comprehensive speakers program that covered an array of topics such as drift reduction…

In an April 10 decision, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that FIFRA precludes claims of copyright infringement for the required parts of the…

On March 29, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed an order announcing the Agency’s decision to deny a 2007 petition filed by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and…

An article appearing in the April 5, 2017 edition of “InsideEPA.com” details severe funding cuts expected to be proposed in the Trump Administration FY 2018 budget request for EPA that…

CPDA’s Don Davis Briefs Conference Attendees CPDA Director of Legislative Affairs Don Davis presided over the Legislative Policy Conference held in Washington, D.C. on March 8th and provided attendees a…

On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the heads of federal agencies to designate a Regulatory Reform Officer to oversee the implementation of regulatory reform…