Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.[2] It is administered and regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the appropriate environmental agencies of the respective states.[2] FIFRA has undergone several important amendments since its inception. A significant revision in 1972 by the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) and several others have expanded EPA's present authority to oversee the sales and use of pesticides with emphasis on the preservation of human health and protection of the environment by "(1) strengthening the registration process by shifting the burden of proof to the chemical manufacturer, (2) enforcing compliance against banned and unregistered products, and (3) promulgating the regulatory framework missing from the original law".[2]
Long title | An Act to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | FIFRA |
Enacted by | the 80th United States Congress |
Effective | June 25, 1947 |
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Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–104 |
Statutes at Large | 61 Stat. 163 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 7 U.S.C.: Agriculture |
U.S.C. sections created | 7 U.S.C. ch. 6 § 136 et seq. |
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Major amendments | |
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (1972)[1] Food Quality Protection Act |