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Industry tells Congress half-billion in products stuck at EPA review
Summary
Industry trade groups and growers told the House Agriculture Committee that delays and staffing shortages at the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs are leaving post-patent and biological products in regulatory limbo, and urged full appropriations and procedural fixes.
Manufacturers, formulators and growers urged the House Agriculture Committee to fund and staff the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to clear a regulatory backlog they said is delaying crop protection innovations.
Lede: "Over half a billion dollars in CPDA member products are stuck in the EPA's regulatory backlog," Terry Abbott, chairman of the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology, testified, citing products used to improve formulation performance and stewardship.
Nut graf: For growers and small developers, witnesses said, delays mean lost market opportunities and slower access to adjuvants,…
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