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In 1988, Congress amended the pesticide registration provisions requiring re-registration of many pesticides that had been registered before 1984. [7] The act was amended again in 1996 by the Food Quality Protection Act. [9] More recently the act was amended in 2012 by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. [10]
The EPA was given the authority to refuse registration to any pesticide it concluded had risks for humans, wildlife, and/or the environment that outweighed the pesticide's benefits. [14] In addition, pesticide registration data was required to be made available to the public after a pesticide had been registered.
The Pesticide Data Program, [23] a program started by the United States Department of Agriculture is the largest tester of pesticide residues on food sold in the United States. It began in 1991 and tests food for the presence of various pesticides and if they exceed EPA tolerance levels for samples collected close to the point of consumption.
The National Pesticide Information Center does not have regulatory authority in relation to pesticides. [9] Pesticide regulatory agencies [10] in many states are delegated primary enforcement responsibilities for pesticide violations by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [11]
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), or H.R.1627, was passed unanimously by Congress in 1996 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 3, 1996. [1] The FQPA standardized the way the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would manage the use of pesticides and amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, also known as DPR or CDPR, is one of six boards and departments of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The stated mission of DPR is "to protect human health and the environment by regulating pesticide sales and use, and by fostering reduced-risk pest management ."
Restricted use pesticides (RUP) are pesticides not available to the general public in the United States. Fulfilling its pesticide regulation responsibilities , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registers all pesticides as either "unclassified" or "restricted use".
The United States Environmental Protection Agency initially denied registration in 2000 for use on cotton primarily because of concerns that the insecticide was toxic to birds and because effective alternatives were available. [3] However, it was registered by the EPA in January, 2001 for use on non-food crops in greenhouses. [4]