The 115th Congress of the United States has convened and one of the most important issues that CPDA and its members are working on is the reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA).  PRIA was first enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 to establish firm deadlines by which EPA must make decisions on pesticide registration actions submitted to the Agency.  As originally enacted, the Act required Congress to reauthorize the program through legislation every 5

EPA is inviting public comment on its interpretation and clarification of the definition of a label “panel” and the placement of first aid statements on such labels based on the product’s Toxicity Category.  The Agency’s interpretation and clarification were set forth in a December 2016 memorandum in which the Agency explains that while the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) does not specifically define the term “panel,” the CFR does nonetheless stipulate that first aid statements must appear on the front

On December 20, 2016 EPA announced the removal of 72 inert ingredients from its list of chemicals approved for use in pesticide products.  The use of these substances in the future will require that they go through the Agency’s formal inert ingredient re-approval mechanism, a burdensome process that will require the submission of an extensive amount of data developed through very costly and time consuming testing required to demonstrate the safety of the chemical in question.  The type of data

On December 30, 2016, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) published its long-awaited proposed revisions to the Agreement for Data Protection under Section 66 of the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA), currently known as the “Ministerial Agreement” (MA).  The MA governs the process by which an applicant for a generic pesticide registration in Canada obtains the right to use or rely on data provided by the basic registrant under the PCPA.  The MA sets forth the mechanism for entering

On Monday, November 14, 2016, CPDA submitted comments to EPA in response to the Agency’s “Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for 22 Sulfonylurea (SU) Herbicides.”  The availability of the proposed interim decision document was originally announced for public comment in the July 14, 2016 Federal Register and subsequently reopened for public comment in the September 28, 2016 Federal Register.   In its comments, CPDA objected to EPA’s proposed adoption of an “ultra-conservative” approach which would mandate the use of very coarse nozzles

HCS 2012 CPDA Calls Upon OSHA to Amend HCS 2012 Relabeling Requirements to Protect Warehouse Employees from Unnecessary Chemical Exposures and Ergonomic Risks   On May 24, 2016, the Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology, the Agricultural Retailers Association, the International Sanitary Supply Association, and the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates submitted a petition to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requesting that the Agency issue a Direct Final Rule to amend its 2012 Hazard Communication Standard (HCS