A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: EPA, FWS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Final rule exempting residues of the antimicrobial pesticide ingredient hypochlorous acid from the requirement of a tolerance when used on or applied to food-contact surfaces in public eating places. Info here.

Notice that pesticide related information submitted to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs, including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to SRC, Inc. in accordance with the CBI regulations.

Notice announcing EPA’s order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of certain products. Info here.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Proposed rule to list the tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus), a bat species from Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Mexico, a small part of southeastern Canada, and all or portions of 39 States and the District of Columbia, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.