Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 Nikki Bui Period 3 AP Environmental Science Mr.Doucette

What is the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996? an International Protection Act that was passed in July 1996 and signed on August 3, 1996 by President Bill Clinton BASIC IDEAS: establish a one health-based standard for all pesticides in all foods providing special protections for infants and children getting approval of safer pesticides that aren’t as toxic creating a more stable development and maintenance of effective crop protection tools having periodic re-evaluation of pesticide registrations and tolerances to make sure the scientific data is up to date

What impact does this Act have on our Environment and what are its achievements? FQPA was supposed to fix the Delaney Clause. The Delaney Clause was passed in 1958 - it mandated a zero tolerance for potential carcinogens in processed food. established a Food Safety Advisory Committee successfully obtaining 99% of the nation’s pesticide tolerances after 10 years used the special classes of pesticides to their advantage and found new safe pesticides reduction in availability of fungicides ACHIEVEMENTS: expanded scope of protection (focused on infants and children) reassessing the safety of thousands tolerances beginning on August 3rd, 2006 opening up their process by spreading the word through advisory committees, public participation, and creating a pesticide website

What two federal statues does the EPQ regulate pesticides under and who enforces the Act? Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA registers pesticides for use in the United States and prescribes labeling and other regulatory requirements to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), EPA establishes tolerances (maximum legally permissible levels) for pesticide residues in food. The Food Quality Protection Act is enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services/Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service for meat, poultry, and some egg products and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Office of Pest Management Policy

What are the Amendments of the FQPA? Periodic re-registration of pesticides: all pesticides must be registered with EPA. In the past, pesticides remained registered “forever”, without any re-examination of safety or efficacy data. In 1988, Congress amended FIFRA so that EPA would review all pesticide registrations over a 10 year period. Now under FQPA, periodic registration of pesticides will continue on an cycle to routinely examine new health, safety, or efficacy data. Reduced risk pesticides: The EPA has developed a category of reduced risk pesticides. Pesticides which are considered safer will fall into the category and will be reviewed at a faster pace by EPA.