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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Extension of Emerging Viral Pathogens Guidance for COVID 19

On November 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is extending COVID-19 activation of the emerging viral pathogens (EVP) guidance for antimicrobial pesticides indefinitely. EPA states that...more

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EPA Indefinitely Extends COVID-19 Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance

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Key Takeaways: • 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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EPA Expands Use of FIFRA Criminal Enforcement As It Targets COVID-19 Claims

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically used its civil enforcement authority under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to pursue most penalties associated with the...more

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EPA Ends Expedited Review for Pesticide Products Aimed at Combatting SARS CoV-2 on Surfaces

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Agency Responds to New CDC Guidance on Risks from Surfaces and Recognizes Breadth of Approved List N Products - Since March 2020, EPA has prioritized and expedited reviews of disinfectant products under the Federal...more

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EPA Ends Priority Review of Surface Disinfectant Products, Shifts Resources Back to Standard FIFRA Registration Processes

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Key Takeaways: • What Happened: Citing recently revised CDC guidance suggesting that the risk of surface transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is “generally considered to be low,” EPA announced that it is no longer...more

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EPA Announces Approval of Supplemental Residual Surface Coating Product

On April 21, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 18 emergency exemptions to the states of Georgia, Minnesota, and...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Approval of Extensions to August 24, 2020, First-Ever Long-Lasting Antiviral Product for Use against COVID-19

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 18 emergency exemption to the states of Oklahoma and...more

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EPA Announces the Issuance of a Revised Advisory on Disinfectants Making False and Misleading Claims against COVID-19

In January 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) announced that it issued a revised compliance advisory (Advisory) on products claiming to kill...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Suit Challenges EPA FIFRA Enforcement Action Against Products Sold as “Cleaning Agents”

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made clear that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it will aggressively pursue businesses that it believes are selling unregistered pesticide products. A recent press release...more

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EPA Seeks to Expedite COVID-19 Disinfectant Long-Lasting Efficacy Claims Approvals

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On October 14, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new interim guidance to expedite approvals that would allow companies to make claims regarding the residual effectiveness of long-lasting surface disinfectants...more

Morgan Lewis

EPA Issues New Interim Guidance on Expedited Review for Certain Long-Lasting Disinfectants

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The Environmental Protection Agency will expedite review of certain types of applications for new and amended registrations of pesticide products intended for use against the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Approval of First-Ever Long-Lasting Antiviral Product for Use against COVID-19

On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 18 emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to...more

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In Agency First, EPA Allows Limited Use of Antiviral Disinfectant with Long-Lasting Efficacy Claims

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Key Takeaways: What Happened: EPA issued a FIFRA Section 18 emergency exemption to the state of Texas to allow certain limited uses of a surface coating with long-lasting disinfectant properties....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

EPA Approves First “Long-Lasting Anti-Viral” for Emergency Use to Fight Coronavirus

Yesterday, EPA announced that it has issued the first ever emergency use exemption for a “long-lasting” anti-viral coating. The exemption was granted upon request by the state of Texas to permit use of the coating at...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues SSURO against EcoShield LLC for Selling an Unregistered Product Claiming Effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2

On August 5, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) against EcoShield LLC (EcoShield) for selling a clip-on badge product called the Eco AirDoctor Portable that...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Research Studying the Potential Long-Lasting Effectiveness of Disinfectants against SARS-CoV-2

On July 7, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that EPA researchers are evaluating a number of commercially available products for potential long-lasting effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2, the novel...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Approval of First Surface Disinfectant Products Tested on SARS-CoV-2

On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it approved amended labels for two products, Lysol Disinfectant Spray (EPA Reg. No. 777-99) and Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist (EPA Reg. No....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues Stop Sale, Use, or Removal Orders to Amazon and eBay for Unregistered and Misbranded Pesticides and Devices, Including...

On June 11, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a press release that it issued stop sale, use, or removal orders (SSURO) to Amazon.com Services LLC (Amazon) and eBay, Inc. (eBay) for selling...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Third Temporary Modification to Pesticide Registration Notice 98-10 to Address Supply Chain Issues for Food-Contact...

On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is issuing its third temporary modification to Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 98-10 to include food-contact surface sanitizer products...more

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Ten Tips for Disinfectant Producers and Distributors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have recognized an urgent need to ensure effective surface disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and other products that can be used against SARS-CoV-2 are available to the public. While...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

EPA Scrutinizing On-Line Sale of Anti-Coronavirus Pesticides

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is focusing substantial enforcement attention on the internet sale of pesticide products marketed with anti-viral claims, particularly those with claims related to coronavirus...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Continues Efforts to Increase the Availability of Disinfectant Products for Use Against COVID-19

On April 14, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is taking further action to help ease the production and availability of EPA-registered disinfectants by temporarily allowing registrants to...more

Locke Lord LLP

Will COVID-19 Cause Future FIFRA Headaches for Disinfectant Product Producers and Retailers?

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The COVID-19 outbreak has caused tumultuous effects upon the nation’s economy, healthcare resources, small and large business, and individual behavior. We are observing in real time significantly increased demand for...more

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EPA Announced New Surface Disinfectant Products Added to List N in Effort to Combat COVID-19

On April 2, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of new surface disinfectants on EPA’s List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (List N) that may be used to combat SARS-CoV-2,...more

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COVID-19 Triggers EPA’s Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance for Disinfectants

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a new list of disinfectants that can be used against the virus that causes the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. All of these disinfectant products qualified for a...more

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