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Pest management alternatives needed: Delaney Clause ruling may trigger pesticide cancellations

Author(s) -

Michael W. Stirnrnanri,

Rick Melnicoe

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v048n01p30

Subject(s) - commodity , pesticide , business , raw material , production (economics) , agricultural policy , commerce clause , agriculture , agricultural economics , agricultural science , natural resource economics , economics , law , environmental science , agronomy , political science , chemistry , geography , macroeconomics , organic chemistry , finance , biology , archaeology , federalism , politics

As a result of a court ruling that the Delaney Clause must be strictly enforced, tolerances for some pesticides on processed foods and raw agricultural commodities may be revoked. According to the clause, no residue tolerances for pesticides shown to induce cancer may remain in processed food. Unless there is a significant change in law or policy, as many as 35 pesticide/commodity registrations will be canceled because EPA's current policy prohibits establishing a raw commodity tolerance if a tolerance on processed food is prohibited. If alternatives are not available, production of specific commodities may suffer.

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