Are there any changes to the registration of disinfectants due to COVID-19?

At the federal level, EPA has published guidance on amending product registrations to add claims of efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, claims of residual efficacy, and directions for electrostatic spray application.

EPA’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorities do not govern the process that states use to register pesticide products.

EPA’s website has a list of products (“List N”) that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. EPA updates this list on a regular basis. For more information, view EPA's List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

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