Number: RS20043
Title: Pesticide Residue Regulation: Analysis of Food Quality Protection Act Implementation
Authors: Linda-Jo Schierow, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, governing U.S. registration, sale, and use of pesticide products, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, under which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets allowable pesticide residue levels for food tolerances. Widespread use on many crops means that some pesticide uses might have to be disallowed when the FQPA is fully implemented. It is not clear whether the promise of the FQPA will be fully realized, since contentious implementation issues remain to be resolved.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated November 4, 2002