The Delaney Clause: The Dilemma of Regulating Health Risk for Pesticide Residues (open access)

The Delaney Clause: The Dilemma of Regulating Health Risk for Pesticide Residues

Under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for establishing tolerances for pesticide residues in or on foods and feeds. Tolerances are legal limits to the amount of pesticide residues that can be found on a raw agricultural commodity at the farm gate or in a processed food. The FFDCA has two sections, 408 and 409, which set up different and inconsistent criteria for setting tolerances for pesticide residues in foods.
Date: November 9, 1992
Creator: Vogt, Donna U.
System: The UNT Digital Library