EPA Stamps Approval on Bug Spray Label Lingo
Published Date: 8/28/2025
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Summary
The EPA is asking to keep collecting info on labels for certain safe, minimum risk pesticides. This affects companies making these pesticides, who must keep following clear label rules to help everyone stay safe. The current approval lasts until August 31, 2025, and the EPA is giving folks 30 more days to share their thoughts—no big costs or changes, just keeping things running smoothly.
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Pesticide Labeling Info Collection Continues
The EPA will continue collecting label information for certain minimum risk pesticides under FIFRA Section 25(b). Companies that make these pesticides must keep following the existing label information rules, and the current approval for this information collection is in effect through August 31, 2025.
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