Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 FQPA

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Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)

• First drafted in 1996, Congress unanimously
  passed landmark pesticide food safety legislation
  supported by the Administration and a broad
  coalition of environmental, public health,
  agricultural and industry groups.
• President Clinton promptly signed the bill on
  August 3, 1996, and the Food Quality Protection
  Act of 1996 became law and enforced on a National
  level.

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Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)

• The 1996 law represented a major breakthrough,
  amending both major pesticide laws to establish a
  more consistent, protective regulatory scheme,
  grounded in sound science by
• Mandating a single, health-based standard for all
  pesticides in all foods
• Providing special protections for infants and
  children
• Expediting approval of safer pesticides
• Creating incentives for the development and
  maintenance of effective crop protection tools
  for American farmers
• Requiring periodic re-evaluation of pesticide
  registrations and tolerances to ensure that the
  scientific data supporting pesticide
  registrations will remain up to date in the
  future.

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Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)

• Tolerances are enforced by the Department of
  Health and Human Services/Food and Drug
  Administration (HHS/FDA)
• For most foods, U.S. Department of
  Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service
  (USDA/FSIS).
• For meat, poultry, and some egg products and the
  U.S. Department of Agriculture/Office of Pest
  Management Policy.