Draft Insecticide Strategy Outlined

The Environmental Protection Agency released its final herbicide strategy to protect endangered and threatened species a year ago. Now, we’re seeing the new draft insecticide strategy. The goal is to protect 850 different species when registering or reevaluating an insecticide product. After receiving public input, EPA Senior Regulatory Advisor Melanie Biscoe said an interim decision will be made. After the interim decision, crop protection companies will have 60 days to submit labels. “Once we get those labels at that 60-day point and review those, the registrant will have some time to prepare the labeling before it appears on all product labels. The product labels have to go through a state registration process and that timing varies by state.” The EPA said this draft strategy is designed to protect endangered species, support farmers, and protect the environment.