We help manufacturers comply with legal requirements applicable to industrial biocides, water treatment products, material preservatives, sanitizers, disinfectant products, and other antimicrobial pesticides and devices.

Why B&D?

Our decades of experience with the biocide industry encompass the full spectrum of advocacy, compliance, and enforcement issues that manufacturers encounter at the federal, state, and international levels.

We regularly advise clients on product registration, data development and compensation, labeling and advertising, supply-chain compliance, and strategic engagement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory authorities.

Our team also represents biocide manufacturers in enforcement actions and disputes and supports clients as they navigate evolving regulatory frameworks and emerging risk areas affecting biocidal products, including Endangered Species Act compliance and heightened scrutiny of food-contact substances under the Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA).

Capabilities

Examples of our work include:

• Advising on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act's (FIFRA) framework for producing, importing, labeling, marketing, distributing, and using biocide products in industrial, consumer, public health, and agricultural applications.
• Helping clients navigate EPA’s antimicrobial pesticide registration policies (including compliance with FIFRA’s “treated article exemption”).
• Guiding clients through the regulatory frameworks applicable to home appliances and other non-chemical pesticide devices (such as filters, UV lights, and air ionizers) that make antimicrobial claims.

Clients

We represent biocide product manufacturers and other supply chain stakeholders across a wide range of industries and product applications, including chemicals, cleaning products, consumer products, dental and medical hygiene, fumigants, fungicides, home appliances, material preservatives, paints and coatings, pool and spa chemicals, pulp and papermaking, transportation, and water treatment.

Representative Matters

• Defending and resolving FIFRA enforcement actions brought by EPA, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), and other agencies.
• Advising on all aspects of product labeling claims and conducting internal FIFRA audits of marketing claims for biocide products.
• Supporting FIFRA data compensation advocacy and negotiations related to industrial biocide compounds.
• Advising on compliance with EPA’s requirements for treated articles under FIFRA.
• Helping resolve EPA import holds, entry denials, and “stop-sale, use or removal orders” (SSUROs) related to shipments of antimicrobial pesticides and devices.
• Supporting procurement and compliance strategies for disinfectant products used in the public transportation sector.
• Supporting requests to EPA for Non-FIFRA Regulated Determinations in connection with novel antimicrobial technologies.
• Advising on compliance with the European Union’s Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) and other global requirements for antimicrobial products.

Thought Leadership

• EPA Proposes New Guidance Addressing Pesticide Registration Notifications and Non-Notifications, January 8, 2026
• FIFRA Enforcement: 2025 Year-End Roundup and Looking Forward to 2026, December 8, 2025
• What’s changing at the U.S. federal level for food contact materials? November 5, 2025
• EPA Continues Focus on Antimicrobial Pesticide Enforcement in 2025, July 3, 2025
• EPA Authorizes Anti-Monkeypox Claims for Pre-Designated Disinfectant Products, May 27, 2022
• FIFRA Compliance: Five Tips for Antimicrobial Apparel Manufacturers and Distributors, January 31, 2022
• EPA Indefinitely Extends COVID-19 Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance, November 23, 2021
• With 12 Months’ Notice, EPA Bringing Temporary Disinfectant Supply Chain Flexibilities to a Close, September 20, 2021
• EPA Expands Use of FIFRA Criminal Enforcement As It Targets COVID-19 Claims, August 30, 2021