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

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 expediting review of new registrations or claims for products intended to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces. Instead, EPA indicated that it will shift resources to the evaluation of products that kill airborne SARS-CoV-2, as well as to meeting “critical deadlines” in the...
By: Beveridge & Diamond PC

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