What is the EPA Pesticide and Equipment Registration? EPA Pesticide and Equipment Registration Review

OPP control scope:

1. Devices: Products without chemically active ingredients that kill and repel pests through physical means, such as mosquito killers, mosquito repellent lamps, water purifiers, ultrasonic mouse repellers, various disinfectors, and sterilizers

2. Non-device type: kills and inhibits pests and fungi through chemical substances, generally divided into traditional chemical pesticides, biological pesticides and antibacterial agents.

l Traditional chemical pesticides: active ingredients are generally produced in synthetic form, or synthetic chemicals, mainly used to prevent, reduce, eliminate or repel pests; or plant growth regulators, desiccants, defoliants or nitrogen stabilizers.

l Biopesticides: Certain types of pesticides extracted from natural materials can be called biopesticides, such as substances extracted from animals, plants, bacteria and certain minerals. Biopesticides are generally divided into three categories: biochemical, microbial, and plant-incorporated protective agents (PIP).

l Antimicrobial pesticides: Claims to control microorganisms that threaten human health, including but not limited to microorganisms that are infectious to humans in an inanimate environment. Such as disinfectants, sterilizers, fungicides, and microbial water purifiers. For products with labels claiming to control microorganisms of economic or aesthetic significance, where the presence of microorganisms does not usually cause human infection or disease, EPA classifies such products as non-public health antimicrobial products.

Registration Process:

l According to the FIFRA Act, companies that distribute and sell products in the United States need to apply for a Company No., and factories that produce and repack need to apply for an Establishment No. The company needs to be associated with at least one Est. No. and complete EPA registration, including annual reports.

For non-device pesticides, such products also need to apply for EPA's Register No. If the product contains a new active substance, the active substance also needs to complete the corresponding registration, and the corresponding research report and test data need to be submitted. For active substances that have already been registered, the applicant can cite the data of other companies to complete the product registration when applying.