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Pesticide Registration - Desk Manual

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About the Desk Manual - In an effort to make the activities and business practices of the Pesticide Registration Branch as transparent as possible we have endeavored to provide access to the materials that our staff use when conducting business. We are also attempting to provide links from this manual to as many external resource materials as possible to assist with your understanding of the pesticide registration process in California and at the Federal level.

Table of Contents

Download entire manual (less appendices) (PDF, 6.2 mb)

  1. Overview (PDF, 455 kb)

  2. General Label Requirements (PDF, 550 kb)

  3. Data Requirements (PDF, 736 kb)

  4. Processing an Application for Registration (PDF, 2.13 mb)

  5. Special Requirements for Certain Types of Products (PDF, 293 kb)

  6. Label Amendments and Formula Revisions (PDF, 549 kb)

  7. Processing Company Name/Ownership Changes, Product Transfers and Additional Brand Names (PDF, 363 kb)

  8. Regulatory Actions After the Product is Registered (PDF, 405 kb)

  9. Subjects of Interest (PDF, 340 kb)

Appendices