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Pesticide Registration

Guidance For Efficacy Testing at the Lower Certified Limits

One of the Agency’s goals is to ensure that all antimicrobial products are efficacious at any active ingredient concentration within the approved certified limits. In order to meet this objective, a comprehensive testing strategy that evaluates product efficacy at the lower certified limit(s) is deemed necessary by the Agency.

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