The US EPA developed standardized reporting templates so that pet spot-on incident and sales data can be analyzed consistently. EPA’s templates help to standardize data in a format that can be readily analyzed in a meaningful way and help the Agency evaluate the safety of pet spot-on products.
The program began as a pilot: In 2018, EPA concluded a Pilot program that tested standardized template formats. As part of the Pet Spot-on Enhanced Reporting Pilot, five registrants volunteered to submit quarterly pet spot-on product incident and sales data for 2016 using EPA's draft templates; EPA adjusted the templates based on public and participant comment. Following the pilot, Manufacturers of all spot-on products with registrations are required to submit enhanced reporting.
The two templates are the Enhanced Incident Reporting Template (XLSX) and the Sales Reporting Template (XLSX).
Related: epa_pet_collar_products (EPA's plan to align collar reporting requirements with spot-on requirements).
Source: pdf-parsed/epa/pet-spot-incident-report-templates.txt (US EPA, landed 2026-08-11).
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EPA’s templates help to standardize data in a format that can be readily analyzed in a meaningful wayIn 2018, EPA concluded a Pilot program that tested standardized template formatsfive registrants volunteered to submit quarterly pet spot-on product incident and sales data for 2016Manufacturers of all spot-on products with registrations are required to submit enhanced reportingEnhanced Incident Reporting Template (XLSX)Sales Reporting Template (XLSX)