California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 12535

FAC § 12535Div. 7 · Ch. 1.5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Commencing in 1990, the department shall substantially expand and maintain its focused pesticide residue monitoring program beyond the 1988 level. The focused monitoring program shall be prioritized to consider pesticides of greatest health concern and contribution to dietary exposure, and for various subpopulations which may be uniquely sensitive to pesticide residues, with special emphasis on infants and children.

(b)The department shall consider, but not be limited to, the following lists of pesticides in establishing priorities for monitoring:

(1)Pesticides identified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as known, possible, or probable human carcinogens which are registered for use on food crops.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1129, Sec. 1.