The role of the EPA in the regulation of antimicrobial pesticides in the United States

Pesticide Outlook

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 251-255

  Sanders, Frank T ^a  

^a US EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs   (United States)

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EID: 1642524318     PISSN: 09561250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b314854h     Document Type: Review

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2. Title 40 (July 1, 1998). Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency:
3. Part 152 - Pesticide Registration and Classification Procedures
4. Part 156 - Labeling Requirements for Pesticides and Devices
5. Part 157 - Packaging Requirements for Pesticides and Devices
6. Part 158 - Data Requirements for Registration
7. Part 160 - Good Laboratory Practice Standards
8. Part 162 - State Registration of Pesticide Products
9. Part 180 - Tolerances and Exemptions from
10. Tolerances for Pesticide Chemicals in or on Raw Agricultural Chemicals
11. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, amended, (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.)
12. The Food Quality Protection Act
13. The Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections Act
14. Pesticide Assessment Guidelines, Subdivision G - Product Performance, October 1982. This guideline contains the basic principles for conducting acceptable product performance tests for antimicrobial pesticides. The Agency is currently revising this guideline into what will be known as the OPPTS 810 series.
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18. Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International. Hard Surface Carrier Test Methods, Official Methods 991.47, Testing Disinfectants against Salmonella choleraesuis; 991.48, Testing Disinfectants against Staphylococcus aureus; 991.49, Testing Disinfectants against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Current edition. AOAC International, Suite 500, 481 North Frederick avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417.
19. Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International. Official Method 965.12 Tuberculocidal Activity of Disinfectants. Current edition. AOAC International, Suite 500, 481 North Frederick avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417.
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