United States Protection Agency - ANSWER-Regulates pesticide use in the
united States
FIFRA - ANSWER-Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
What does FIFRA do? - ANSWER-Regulates the production, transportation sale
use and disposal of all pesticides
IDALS - ANSWER-Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
IDALS job - ANSWER-Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
FFDCA - ANSWER-Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
FFDCA job - ANSWER-Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues
contained on commodities of food
, Residues - ANSWER-Amount of pesticide remaining in or on raw farm products
or processed foods. Undesirable presence of a pesticide at the site of
application. Measures in ppm ppb ppt
Tolerence - ANSWER-Maximum amount of pesticide that may legally remain in
or on a raw farm product intended for consumption by humans or livestock.
Reasonable certainty of no harm.
Application rate - ANSWER-Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - ANSWER-Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - ANSWER-Food quality protection act
FQPA job - ANSWER-Federal law that significantly altered portions of both
FIFRA and ffdca. Changes included in this act are revised definitions for safe
pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods
WPS - ANSWER-worker protection standard
WPS JOB - ANSWER-Set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk
of of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agriculture workers and
handlers.
ESA - ANSWER-Endangered species act
ESA JOB - ANSWER-Program for the conservation of threatened or endangered
plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
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