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- initialism US, law Food
Quality Protection Act
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FQPA requires EPA to review the safety of each particular use of each agricultural pesticide at least once every 15 years.
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EPA's actions under FQPA have been credited for a major reduction in pesticide risks, and in what was then considered revolutionary -- targeting pesticides in foods most commonly eaten by children.
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In the decade since EWG began publishing the Shopper's Guide, the US Environmental Protection Agency has moved to restrict the use of pesticides under the landmark Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
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Section 304 of the FQPA states that in carrying out the program, the Administrator shall:
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In August 1996, Congress passed both the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) and amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), both containing provisions calling for the screening and testing of chemicals and pesticides for possible endocrine disrupting effects.
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The FQPA requires EPA to reassess pesticides posing the greatest risks first.
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The FQPA redefined terms so that pesticide residues in processed foods were no longer regulated as food additives, and therefore no longer were subject to the Delaney Clause.
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Currently, the FQPA does not address pesticide mixtures that act through different mechanisms.
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Recent amendments made to both FIFRA and the FFDCA by the way of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), have been hailed as groundbreaking approaches to pesticide regulation, for their departure from regulation based upon single chemicals.
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No quantitative standard of safety is established by law, but the Committee on Commerce noted in its report on the bill that became the FQPA that EPA should continue setting standards to ensure safety as it had in the past:
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