Overview

Disinfectants are known as Antimicrobial pesticides in the United States and are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is also often referred to as US EPA regulations.

One of the most important regulations is FIFRA, or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. This regulation is the legal basis for the regulation of pesticides in the United States. FIFRA is the Federal statute that governs the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides in the United States. Generally, before a pesticide may be sold or distributed in the United States, it must be registered (licensed) with EPA.

In addition to FIFRA, there are two other supporting laws:

• Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, or PRIA. There are more than 200 pesticide registration action codes in the United States. As a supplement to FIFRA, PRIA gives detailed clarification for different registration action codes, their applicable scope, review decision time, and EPA administration fee.
• Code of Federal Regulations (or CFR). There are 50 Titles in total, covering all federal regulations. The contents related to pesticide registrations are in Title 40. It covers the relevant registration procedures, data requirements, data protection, etc., serving as the implementation regulation to FIFRA.

Registration Scope

FIFRA’s regulatory scope includes conventional pesticides, biopesticides and antimicrobial pesticides (i.e. disinfectants), including active ingredients, formulations and corresponding pesticide inert ingredients (solvents, stabilizers, safety agents, etc.).

According to FIFRA, antimicrobial pesticides, or disinfectants, are primarily used to disinfect, sterilize, reduce or slow the growth and reproduction of microorganisms (e.g. details, viruses, fungi, algae, etc.) in order to protect specific objects, industrial processes or systems, surfaces, or chemicals from contamination or deterioration caused by microorganisms. Products include common chemical disinfectants, disinfection devices and disinfectant treated articles. Chemical disinfectants now have around 275 different active substances, more than 4000 registered products. Product formulation types including liquid, powder, etc. According to the specific claims made on each product’s labeling, they can be furthermore categorized as either “non-public health products” (such as algaecides, slimicides, preservatives ) or “public health products” (such as products bear a claim to control pest microorganisms that pose a threat to human health ).

Exemptions Situation

Disinfection devices and treated articles can be exempted from US EPA disinfectant registration upon meeting certain obligations and conditions.

Compliance Obligation

Who Can Register?

Pesticide registration is not only an obligation of pesticide manufacturers, traders, distributors, and pesticide users can also apply for EPA pesticide registration if necessary.

Besides, foreign companies must designate a U.S. agent to receive correspondence and represent them in matters concerning their application.

Registration Process

US EPA pesticide registration process

Registration Type

US EPA antimicrobial pesticide registration type decision

For EPA pesticide registration, the simplest type of registration is me-too Product registration, which is determined on the following basis:

Currently, there are four identical/substantially similar product registration types under antimicrobial pesticides, as follows：

The Me-too product registration is a short and cost-effective type of registration compared to other registration types, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and take up to two years to review. In addition, new product registration, other than new use, or new active ingredient, is also a cost-effective type of registration.

Review Procedures

Fee Waivers

An applicant that qualifies as a small business is eligible for a partial waiver of 50% or, in some cases, 75% of the registration service fee. The fee waivers apply to both domestic and foreign registrants. A small business means a corporation, partnership, or unincorporated business that fulfill the requirements below:

Our Services

• Company and Establishment Number Registration
• Submit an Initial Report and Annual Report
• Federal Disinfectant Registration
• State Registration
• Compliance Analysis of Disinfectant Registration
• Inert Registration
• Annual Service of US Agent
• Data Compensation Strategy and Data Holder Negotiation
• Data Assessment/Gap Analysis/Exemption Analysis
• Comprehensive Regulatory Consulting and Training Services

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