Since the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019, the U.S. EPA has issued a series of friendly policies to encourage companies to register disinfectants in order to ensure the demands for disinfectants by U.S. citizens. Driven by both market demand and government policies, many Chinese companies took advantage of this opportunity to layout the U.S. disinfectant market.  

On June 2, the US EPA invited a 15-day consultation on the registration of novel microbial nematicide Purpureocillium Lilacinum Strain PL11, including a manufacturing-use product and 2 end-use products.

On May 25, 2021, the US EPA released the draft risk assessments of Sulfuryl Fluoride, a residential fumigant targeting termites, powder post beetles, old house borers, bedbugs, carpet beetles, moths, cockroaches, rats, and mice.

The number of pesticides newly registered in China has plummeted from 4326 in 2018 to 294 in 2019 and one of the main causes is the elevated data requirements newly enforced. As an essential component of a dossier, product chemistry data is usually firstly reviewed by the competent authorities. In a training course organized by the Chinese Crop Protection Industry Association in June, Ms. Nancy Shen, technical supervisor of REACH24H, concluded the similarity and differences in the data requirements and exchanged her long years of experience in registering pesticides in China, EU and the United States.

On 17 May 2016, US EPA issued a proposal to approve an amended registration of sulfoxaflor. The amendment was made under the decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the registration of sulfoxaflor in May 2013 was not supported by evidence to demonstrate its safety to bee. EPA reevaluated the data supporting the use of sulfoxaflor and proposes fewer uses and restrictions to reduce the risk to bees. EPA reviewed the amended application from Dow AgroScience to further reduce or eliminate exposure to pollinators: Restricting post-bloom for all proposed bee-attracting crops;  

From the 13th to the 24th of October 2014, the US EPA GLP official Francisca E. Liem visited China where she engaged in a panel discussion with China ICAMA on GLP MAD issues.

The US EPA is opening the public comment for registration review of 19 pesticide active ingredients, which are scheduled for EPA’s periodic reviews to ensure that the pesticide continues to satisfy the registration status. Meanwhile, EPA also announces the registration review case closure for oxydemeton-methyl and resmethrin.