Arkansas Enacts Pesticide-Labeling Requirements That Are Different From, and Add

Multiple Choice

Arkansas enacts pesticide-labeling requirements that are different from, and add to, federal pesticide law. BugOut Corporation, a pesticide maker, files a suit against the state to block the new rules. Under the holding in Case 45.3, Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, LLC, a court is most likely to rule that

A) the federal law and state regulations are mutually compatible.
B) the federal law and state regulations are mutually exclusive.
C) the federal law preempts the state regulations.
D) the state regulations preempt the federal law.