These documents provide general guidance to registrants and address public concerns on a process that can be used to identify effective disinfectant products for use against emerging viral pathogens and to permit registrants to make limited claims of their product’s efficacy against such pathogens. The guidance outlines a voluntary, two stage process involving product label amendments and modified terms of registration and applies only to emerging viruses. Actions described by this guidance may be taken for eligible products only after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified the emerging pathogen and recommended environmental surface disinfection to help control its spread. 

• Emerging Viral Pathogen Program Guidance (PDF)(8 pp, 136 K)
• EPA Response to Public Input on Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance (PDF)(4 pp, 47 K)