Food+Quality+Protection+Act+of+1996

A) The FQPA was: B) The law hopes to accomplish five major things: Environmental issues Affected: The major issues that this law hopes to fix deal with food quality standards and future effects of pesticides. It updates the other standards that were already in place as well and sets the standards higher for years to come. C) There are three groups responsible for enforcement of the Act. Each group represents a slightly different part of the law. The first one is the Department of Health and Human Services/Food and Durg Administration (HHS/FDA) and they are in charge of of regulating most foods. The second agency is the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)/FSIS) which is enforcing meat, poultry, and some egg products. The third and final agency helping to regulate this act is the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Office of Pest Pest Management Policy.
 * Food Quality Protection Act of 1996**
 * drafted in 1996
 * it has not been amended, but represents an amendment to previous food quality acts such as the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
 * is a national law
 * mandate a single, health-based standard for all pesticides in all foods
 * put restrictions on pesticides to help infants and children in particular[[image:http://www.kimointernational.org/Portals/0/Files/pesticide_use.jpg width="246" height="226" align="right"]]
 * speed up the process of approving safer pesticides
 * create incentives to encourage the production of safer farming tools for American farmers
 * requires periodic re-evaluation of pesticide registrations and tolerances

D) Sources: Food Quality Protection Act(FQPA) of 1996-EPA website(no author) [] Food Quality Protection Act(FQPA) Background(no author) []

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