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40 CFR 158.1748: Keds, screwworms, and bot flies.

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
  4. PART 158—DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDES
  5. Subpart R—Product Performance for Products Claiming Effectiveness Against Invertebrate Pests

(a) General. The table in this section applies to keds, screwworms, and bot flies. The product labeling claim determines the required test species. The required test species for labeling claims appear in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) Test species. For products making a claim against keds, screwworms, and bot flies, the required test species for a labeling claim appear in the following table.

Table 1 to Paragraph (b)—Required Test Species for Products Making a Claim Against Keds, Screwworms, and Bot Flies

Labeling claim Required test species

Bot Flies (excluding Human bot fly) Testing is required on one of the following species: Horse bot fly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) OR Throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis) OR Nose bot fly (Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis).

Human bot fly Human bot fly (Dermatobia hominis).

Keds Testing is required on the following species: Sheep ked (Melophagus ovinus).

Screwworms Testing is required on one of the following species: Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) OR Secondary screwworm (Cochliomyia macellaria).

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:04Z. Source file · JSON

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