HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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U.S. FIsh and Wildlife-Service (US-FWS)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is primarily responsible for regulating pesticides in the United States. Their mission is to protect human health and the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -EPA and the states (usually that state’s agriculture office) register or license pesticides for use in the United States. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizes EPA to register pesticides.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)-Requires all pesticides sold or distributed in the United States (including imported pesticides) to be registered by EPA. Registration is based on evaluation of scientific data and assessment of risks and benefits of a product’s use.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pesticide Regulations in India The Insecticides Act, 1968 and Insecticides Rules, 1971 regulate the import, registration process, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides (pesticides) with a view to prevent risk to human beings or animals and for all connected matters, throughout India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The pesticides’ regulations in India are governed by two different bodies: the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). CIBRC was established in 1968 under the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation of Ministry of Agriculture.