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

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1947 (2019)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
United States Code - Title 7 - Agriculture.
Título completo
An Act to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes.
Materia
Alimentación y nutrición, Cultivos
Palabra clave
Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Residuos Normas Protección vegetal Plaguicidas Registro Plagas/enfermedades Envasado/etiquetado Inspección Comercio internacional Certificación Autorización/permiso Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Infracciones/sanciones Biodiversidad Manejo integrado de plagas/estrategias de manejo de plagas Protección del medio ambiente
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

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.

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Página web
legcounsel.house.gov