EPA greenlights voluntary pesticide cancellations from February notice
Published Date: 8/6/2026
Notice
Summary
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a February 19, 2026, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II, to voluntarily cancel and/or amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the February 19, 2026, notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. EPA is issuing in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
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Certain pesticide registrations canceled
EPA issued an order canceling certain pesticide registrations and/or amending labels to terminate uses effective August 6, 2026. If you are a pesticide registrant, distributor, or user, the legal authorization for the listed products or uses ends on that date and future sale or use must follow this order.
One-year sale window for cancelled products
For products listed in Table 1, registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks until August 6, 2027 (one year after the cancellation order). After August 6, 2027, registrants may not sell or distribute those products except for export under FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal.
18-month sale window for terminated-use labels
For products listed in Table 2 (amendments to terminate uses), registrants may sell or distribute products under previously approved labeling until February 7, 2028, which is 18 months after publication of this cancellation order. After February 7, 2028, sale or distribution of products including the terminated uses is prohibited except for export or disposal.
Which companies and products are affected
The cancellation order specifically lists product registration numbers, product names, and active ingredients in Tables 1 and 2, and identifies registrants in Table 3, including Syngenta Crop Protection, The Scotts Company (Ortho), BASF Agricultural Solutions, USDA APHIS, Sipcam Agro USA, Hortus USA, UPL NA, Redeagle International, and Bayer Environmental Science. If you handle or purchase any of the named products, those specific registrations or uses are canceled or terminated as listed.
Non-registrants may use existing stocks until exhausted
Persons other than the registrant (for example, retailers or end users) may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of the cancelled products or products with terminated uses until supplies are exhausted, as long as sale or use is consistent with the previously approved labeling. This allowance lasts until inventory is depleted.
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