Iowa Core Manual: Iowa Commercial Pesticide
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What agency regulates pesticide Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA)
use in the Unisted States?
What is FIFRA stand for? What is Federal Insurcance, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
the Act responsible for? ACT (1947); Regulates the production,
transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all
pesticides.
What is pesticide registeration and Pesticide Registeration: FIFRA requires EPA to
pre-registration? monitor sale and use of pesticides within the
US. Based on a detailed assesment of the
potenetial threats to human health and the
environment when used according to the label.
Pesticide Re-registration: FIFRA requires the
EPA to review older pesticides to consider their
human health and environment effects and to
make decisions for their future. IF eligible they
will be re-registered.
, What penalties would you Violation by civil penalty $6,500 for each
receieve for violation of legal offense and by law subjected to crimainal
provisions established by FIFRA? penalties $25,000 or one year in prison, or
both.
What is the FFDCA? What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ACT
Act responsible for? Regulates the amount of residue levels to
ensure the safety of the food supply.
What is the FQPA? What does the Food Quality Protections Act amneded both
Act regulate? FIFRA and FFDCA to set a tougher standard for
pesticides used on food.
What is a residue? Small amounts of pesticides that still remain in
or on the food we eat.
What is a tolerance? What is a safe Tolerance: Maximum amount legally allowed to
tolerance? remain on a farmer's product intended for
human or animal consumption.
Safe Tolerance: A level at which there is a
"reasonable certainty of no harm" from
exposure.
What is the WPS? Who do they Worker Protection Standard; Regulations set
protect? by the EPA to protect agricultural workers and
handlers to the risk of pesticides.
Posioning,injuries, and exposures.
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Terms in this set (48)
What agency regulates pesticide Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA)
use in the Unisted States?
What is FIFRA stand for? What is Federal Insurcance, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
the Act responsible for? ACT (1947); Regulates the production,
transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all
pesticides.
What is pesticide registeration and Pesticide Registeration: FIFRA requires EPA to
pre-registration? monitor sale and use of pesticides within the
US. Based on a detailed assesment of the
potenetial threats to human health and the
environment when used according to the label.
Pesticide Re-registration: FIFRA requires the
EPA to review older pesticides to consider their
human health and environment effects and to
make decisions for their future. IF eligible they
will be re-registered.
, What penalties would you Violation by civil penalty $6,500 for each
receieve for violation of legal offense and by law subjected to crimainal
provisions established by FIFRA? penalties $25,000 or one year in prison, or
both.
What is the FFDCA? What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ACT
Act responsible for? Regulates the amount of residue levels to
ensure the safety of the food supply.
What is the FQPA? What does the Food Quality Protections Act amneded both
Act regulate? FIFRA and FFDCA to set a tougher standard for
pesticides used on food.
What is a residue? Small amounts of pesticides that still remain in
or on the food we eat.
What is a tolerance? What is a safe Tolerance: Maximum amount legally allowed to
tolerance? remain on a farmer's product intended for
human or animal consumption.
Safe Tolerance: A level at which there is a
"reasonable certainty of no harm" from
exposure.
What is the WPS? Who do they Worker Protection Standard; Regulations set
protect? by the EPA to protect agricultural workers and
handlers to the risk of pesticides.
Posioning,injuries, and exposures.
