Food Quality Protection Act
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The Food Quality Protection Act, or H.R.1627, was passed unanimously by Congress in 1996 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 3, 1996. The FQPA standardized the way the Environm
A cropduster spraying pesticide on a field
Agronomist Sharon Benzen shows off broccoli grown in a test plot. The crops will be used to help determine appropriate pesticide residue levels.
The United States Department of Agriculture is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes
Food Quality Protection Act
…The FQPA mandates the collection of pesticide residue and use data. The Pesticide Data Program (PDP) under the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA monitors pesticide residue in the nation's food supply to support FQPA. The FQPA mandated the promotion of integrated pest management solutions. PDP…
Jamie L. Whitten Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harvey Washington Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agriculture's Division of Chemistry (third from the right) with his staff in 1883
The first Department of Agriculture Building on the National Mall around 1895
An IBM System/360 in use at the US Dept. of Agriculture, 1969