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

REGULATORY: EPA, NOAA

Environmental Protection Agency

Notice announcing EPA’s order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Info here.

Notice announcing the Agency’s receipt of initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities. Info here.

Final rule establishing an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of cellulose, ethyl ether; number average molecular weight 13,000 Daltons when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. Info here.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 Temporary rule announcing the limited opening of commercial and recreational red snapper in the exclusive economic zone of the South Atlantic for the 2021 fishing year. Info here.