Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1401-1403). País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1988 (1999) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original United States Code - Title 21 - Food and Drugs. Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Residuos Carne Bioseguridad Rastreabilidad/rastreo de productos Recopilación de datos/informes Relaciones internacionales/cooperación Investigación Límite máximo de residuos Plaguicidas Área geográphica Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte Resumen Chapter 19 of Title 21 of USC concerns pesticide monitoring and enforcement information data management systems for the Food and Drug Administration. This also concerns pesticide residues in imported meat, poultry products, eggs, and egg products. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with the governments of the countries which are the major sources of food imports into the United States subject to pesticide residue monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of improving the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to assure compliance with the pesticide tolerance requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to imported food. The Secretary shall also, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency— (1) develop a detailed long-range plan and timetable for research that is necessary for the development of and validation of— (A) new and improved analytical methods capable of detecting at one time the presence of multiple pesticide residues in food, and (B) rapid pesticide analytical method. Texto completo Inglés Página web uscode.house.gov