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Pesticide Residues in Foods: Recent Events and Emerging Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Carl K. Winter
Carl K. Winter*
Affiliation:
FoodSafe Program, Dep. of Food Sci. and Technol., Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616
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Abstract

Food safety concerns involving pesticide residues continue to receive widespread public, legislative, and scientific attention. The National Research Council's 1993 report Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children concluded that significant improvements in the U.S. government's pesticide risk assessment and food tolerance establishment procedures were needed. Strict interpretation of the Delaney Clause by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has led to the projected elimination of several pesticide uses due to statutory, rather than scientific considerations. Congressional “solutions” to the Delaney problem may have broad impacts upon future pest management practices if adopted. Emerging issues include the safety of imported produce and the potential effects of trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT upon U.S. pesticide residue standards.

Keywords

Delaney Clausefood safetyGATTNAFTApesticide residuesrisk assessmenttolerances
Type
Symposium
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 969 - 973
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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