112 STAT. 3036 PUBLIC LAW 105-324—OCT. 30, 1998 (including treatment through washing, waxing, fumigating, and packing such commodities in such manner). "(Ill) The substance is applied during the transportation of such commodity between the field and such a treatment facility. "(ii) The definition in such clause for the term 'pesticide chemical' does not include the substance if the substance is a food contact substance as defined in section 409(h)(6), and any of the following circumstances exist: The substance is included for such use in an object that has a food contact surface but is not intended to have an ongoing effect on any portion of the object; the substance is included for such use in an object that has a food contact surface and is intended to have an ongoing effect on a portion of the object but not on the food contact surface; or the substance is included for such use in or is applied for such use on food packaging (without regard to whether the substance is intended to have an ongoing effect on any portion of the packaging). The food contact substance is not excluded under this subclause from such definition if any of the following circumstances exist: The substance is applied for such use on a semipermanent or permanent food contact surface (other than being applied on food packaging); or the substance is included for such use in an object that has a semipermanent or permanent food contact surface (other than being included in food packaging) and the substance is intended to have an ongoing effect on the food contact surface. With respect to the definition of the term 'pesticide' that is applicable to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, this clause does not exclude any substance from such definition.". (b) REGULATIONS.— Section 408(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph: "(4) CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. — With respect to a substance that is not included in the definition of the term 'pesticide chemical' under section 201(q)(l) but was so included on the day before the date of the enactment of the Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections Act of 1998, the following applies as of such date of enactment: "(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), any regulation applying to the use of the substance that was in effect on the day before such date, and was on such day deemed in such paragraph to have been issued under this section, shall be considered to have been issued under section 409. "(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), any regulation applying to the use of the substance that was in effect on such day and was issued under this section (including any such regulation issued before the date of the enactment of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) is deemed to have been issued under section 409.".
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