Ashland Inc. has received regulatory approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its agrimer™ eco-coat polymer seed coating, developed using the company's patented Transformed Vegetable Oils (TVO) technology. The EPA has posted and approved Ashland's petition under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), granting a Food Use Tolerance Exemption for the ingredient. This approval allows the agrimer™ eco-coat polymer seed coating to be used in all food and non-food pesticide formulations under regulation 40 CFR 180.960. The decision enables U.S. growers, as well as those in previously approved regions such as Latin America and Europe, to buy, sell, and test the product. No other beneficiary organizations were mentioned in the announcement.

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