Title 21 of the U.S. Code § 1403 - Pesticide analytical methods
Full text of § 1403 from Title 21 of the United States Code.
§ 1403. Pesticide analytical methods
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency—
(1) develop a detailed long-range plan and timetable for research that is necessary for the development of and validation of—
(A) new and improved analytical methods capable of detecting at one time the presence of multiple pesticide residues in food, and
(B) rapid pesticide analytical methods, and
(2) conduct a review to determine whether the use of rapid pesticide analytical methods by the Secretary would enable the Secretary to improve the cost-effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement activities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], including increasing the number of pesticide residues which can be detected and the number of tests for pesticide residues which can be conducted in a cost-effective manner.
The Secretary shall report the plan developed under paragraph (1), the resources necessary to carry out the research described in such paragraph, recommendations for the implementation of such research, and the result of the review conducted under paragraph (2) not later than the expiration of 240 days after August 23, 1988, to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, §4704, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1414.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.
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