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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136-136y)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Legislation
Date
1947 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
United States Code - Title 7 - Agriculture.
Long title
An Act to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Residues Standards Plant protection Pesticides Registration Pests/diseases Packaging/labelling Inspection International trade Certification Authorization/permit Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Biodiversity Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Protection of environment
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act provides the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority to oversee the sale and use of pesticides. All new pesticides (with minor exceptions) used in the United States must be registered by the Administrator of EPA. Except as provided by this Act no person in any State may distribute or sell to any person any pesticide that is not registered. Before EPA can register a pesticide that is used on raw agricultural products, it must grant a tolerance or exemption. A tolerance is the maximum amount of a pesticide that can be on a raw product when it is used and still be considered safe. Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), a raw agricultural product is deemed unsafe if it contains a pesticide residue, unless the residue is within the limits of a tolerance established by EPA or is exempt from the requirement. The FDCA requires EPA to establish these residue tolerances.

Full text
English
Website
legcounsel.house.gov