Food and agriculture: pesticide residue monitoring program.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill updates a section of California law that governs the state’s pesticide residue monitoring program for produce. The program aims to identify pesticides likely to leave residues on food and assess the effectiveness of preventing public exposure to illegal pesticide levels. The bill clarifies the reporting requirements for the Director of Pesticide Regulation, ensuring transparency regarding the monitoring program’s results and the location of contaminated produce.
Key provisions
- Requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to continuously assess the effectiveness of the pesticide residue monitoring program.
- Mandates annual public release of comprehensive summaries of the monitoring program’s results.
- Specifies that reports must identify the county where contaminated produce was found, the commodity, and the producing county.
- Requires filing of data sheets for over tolerances with county commissioners.
- Requires the inclusion of the specific pesticide identified in reports of illegal residues.
Who is affected
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Produce growers
- Food processors
- Consumers
- California State Government
Notable changes
- Clarifies reporting requirements for the Director of Pesticide Regulation regarding the pesticide residue monitoring program.
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