102 STAT. 1412 21 USC 1401.
PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988
SEC. 4702. PESTICIDE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. (a) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—
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(1) Not later than 480 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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, (E) prepare summaries of the information listed in subsection (b), and (F) provide information to assist the Environmental Protection Agency in carrying out its responsibilities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (2) As soon as practicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop a means to enable the computerized data management systems placed into effect under paragraph (1) to make the summary described in subsection (c). (3)(A) Paragraph (1) does not limit the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to— (i) use the computerized data management systems placed in effect under paragraph (1), or (ii) develop additional data management systems, to facilitate the regulation of any substance or product covered under the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (B) In placing into effect the computerized data management systems under paragraph (1) and in carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall comply with applicable regulations governing computer system design and procurement. 0)) INFORMATION.—The Food and Drug Administration shall use the computerized data management systems placed into effect under subsection (a)(1) to prepare a summary of— (1) information on— (A) the types of imported and domestically produced food products analyzed for compliance with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the presence of pesticide residues, (B) the number of samples of each such food product analyzed for such compliance by country of origin, (C) the pesticide residues which may be detected using the testing methods employed, (D) the pesticide residues in such food detected and the •:-• ^ >' levels detected, cvs^^x «.tj cij f.
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