EPA Issues Notice To Cancel Flubendiamide Registrations

On February 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a prepublication copy of a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc. (BCS/NAI) flubendiamide products.  The affected products are:

• EPA Reg. No. 264-1025 -- BELT SC Insecticide;
• EPA Reg. No. 71711-26 -- FLUBENDIAMIDE Technical;
• EPA Reg. No. 71711-32 -- VETICA Insecticide; and
• EPA Reg. No. 71711-33 -- TOURISMO Insecticide.

The cancellation notice was issued by EPA, pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and announces EPA's intent to cancel the registration of these four products based on the registrants' failure to comply with a required condition of their registrations.  Under this condition, which EPA alleges was agreed to by the registrants, each flunbendiamide registrant is required to submit a voluntary cancellation request if EPA finds that the product causes unreasonable adverse