/>iOn July 21, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for comment a new proposed streamlined approach to track the adoption of bilingual labeling of pesticide products and provided updated guidance on bilingual labeling requirements. Previously, on December 27, 2024, EPA released for comment a proposed plan to track the adoption of bilingual labeling of pesticide products using the annual maintenance fee filing form.
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2022 (PRIA 5) amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require Spanish language translation of the health and safety sections of end-use pesticide product labels on a rolling schedule. Translations for the most hazardous and toxic pesticide products are required first, beginning in December 2025 and ending in December 2030. The schedule for compliance by product classification is provided below:
PRIA 5 requires that EPA develop, implement, and make publicly available a plan for tracking the adoption of the bilingual labeling. PRIA 5 requires that each registered end-use pesticide product released for shipment include either the bilingual language translation for sections of the labeling contained in EPA’s Spanish Translation Guide for Pesticide Labeling on the pesticide product container, or a link to such translation via scannable technology or other electronic methods readily accessible on the product label. Spanish is the primary language for most American farmworkers. Antimicrobial pesticide products and non-agricultural/non-restricted use pesticide products may, in lieu of including a translation or a link to the translation, provide a link to the bilingual safety data sheets (SDS) via scannable technology or other electronic methods readily accessible on the product label.
EPA now is proposing to track adoption through its electronic MyPeST app. Under this new proposal, activities for registrants would be similar to activities in the initial proposal; registrants would still check a box next to each pesticide product indicating whether it includes the required bilingual labeling. MyPeST, however, would display product information (e.g., use type, restricted use, signal word, pesticide type) to assist registrants with determining the product compliance date. In addition, EPA is proposing adding a second checkbox to MyPeST to indicate that a pesticide product will not be released for shipment, to distinguish between noncompliance and circumstances where the bilingual labeling requirements are not applicable. EPA states MyPeST will allow product information and PRIA 5 compliance information to be in a single location and allow for more efficient transmission, analysis, and publication of data.
EPA provided the following mock-up of the potential MyPeST Interface:
FIFRA, as amended in accordance with PRIA 5, requires bilingual labeling changes to be implemented through a non-notification procedure according to the Pesticide Registration Notice (PR) 98-10: Notifications, Non-Notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments. The non-notification process means that a product label may be updated with Spanish translations without notifying or submitting the label changes to EPA, if the addition of the Spanish translations are the only changes being made to the label. The Spanish text must be a true and accurate translation of the English text. EPA notes that both English and Spanish versions of the labeling must appear on a container or a link to such translation. Spanish text may be used on all or part of the labeling.
Comments are due on or before September 19, 2025. Comments can be submitted to docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0049 at www.regulations.gov. For more information about MyPeST, please see our January 27, 2025, blog post and our April 24, 2025, blog post.
