Tomato biopesticide approved but your sauce is safe, not cheaper

Key points

• EPA's September 9, 2026 Regulations.gov record documents a registration decision for a pesticide product containing two new EcoPhage bacteriophage active ingredients.
• The documented food link is upstream at farm inputs, with one named target pathogen explicitly tied to tomato; the record does not quantify a grocery or restaurant price effect.
• The supplied record includes no lobbying disclosure, applicant company, ownership information, grant, contract, payment amount or future dated milestone.

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