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Before any pesticide product that EPA has not exempted from registration requirements can be lawfully sold or distributed, EPA performs a rigorous, comprehensive scientific assessment of the product, resulting in a registration decision. Any person seeking to obtain a registration for a new pesticide product must submit an application for registration, containing the information specified in 40 CFR 152.50. An application for new registration must be approved by the EPA before the product may legally be distributed or sold, except as provided by 40 CFR 152.30.
Under the registration review process, the agency evaluates the following to ensure that, when the product is used according to labeled directions, no unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment will occur:
When EPA has determined that no unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment will result from the sale or distribution of a pesticide product, the agency grants the applicant a license or “registration” to legally sell and distribute the product in the United States. Once an EPA registration has been granted, applicants will then need to comply with the individual registration requirements imposed by the states in which they wish to market their product. The establishment in which a pesticide product is produced must also be registered.
Summary of requirements
Before any pesticide product that EPA has not exempted from registration requirements can be lawfully sold or distributed, EPA performs a rigorous, comprehensive scientific assessment of the product, resulting in a registration decision. Any person seeking to obtain a registration for a new pesticide product must submit an application for registration, containing the information specified in 40 CFR 152.50. An application for new registration must be approved by the EPA before the product may legally be distributed or sold, except as provided by 40 CFR 152.30.
Under the registration review process, the agency evaluates the following to ensure that, when the product is used according to labeled directions, no unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment will occur:
When EPA has determined that no unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment will result from the sale or distribution of a pesticide product, the agency grants the applicant a license or “registration” to legally sell and distribute the product in the United States. Once an EPA registration has been granted, applicants will then need to comply with the individual registration requirements imposed by the states in which they wish to market their product. The establishment in which a pesticide product is produced must also be registered.
Summary of requirements