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U.S.C. Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS 21 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 19 - PESTICIDE MONITORING IMPROVEMENTS Sec. 1401 - Pesticide monitoring and enforcement information From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §1401. Pesticide monitoring and enforcement information (a) Data management systems (1) Not later than 480 days after August 23, 1988, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall place in effect computerized data management systems for the Food and Drug Administration under which the Administration will— (A) record, summarize, and evaluate the results of its program for monitoring food products for pesticide residues, (B) identify gaps in its pesticide monitoring program in the monitoring of (i) pesticides, (ii) food products, and (iii) food from specific countries and from domestic sources, (C) detect trends in the presence of pesticide residues in food products and identify public health problems emerging from the occurrence of pesticide residues in food products, (D) focus its testing resources for monitoring pesticide residues in food on detecting those residues which pose a public health concern,…

U.S.C. Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS 21 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 19 - PESTICIDE MONITORING IMPROVEMENTS Sec. 1402 - Foreign pesticide information From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §1402. Foreign pesticide information (a) Cooperative agreements The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with the governments of the countries which are the major sources of food imports into the United States subject to pesticide residue monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration for the purpose of improving the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to assure compliance with the pesticide tolerance requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] with regard to imported food. (b) Information activities (1) The cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (a) with governments of foreign countries shall specify the action to be taken by the parties to the agreements to accomplish the purpose described in subsection (a), including the means by which the governments of the foreign countries will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human…

U.S.C. Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS 21 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 19 - PESTICIDE MONITORING IMPROVEMENTS Sec. 1403 - Pesticide analytical methods From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §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…