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HCPA Calls for Consistent Registration Timelines Within California’s Department of Pesticide Registration

Applauds Auditor's recommendation and the signing of AB 2113 into law.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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HCPA applauds auditors' call for changes to California's pesticide registration process.

The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) concurred with California State Auditor findings from an audit conducted on the state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), which Senator Roger Niello initiated and HCPA supported in 2023. That audit found DPR’s pesticide registration application processing times have been increasing. For example, in 2023 the department took an average of more than 3.5 years to process registrations for pesticides with new active ingredients and...

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