The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 or H.R.1627 was introduced by Representative
Thomas Bliley (R) on May 12, 1996. It was supported by 243 co-sponsors. The bill was reported
to the House of Representatives after receiving an 18-0 vote in Committee of Agriculture. The
House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
The next day the measure was considered by the Senate, and also passed with unanimous vote.
The bill was then signed by President Clinton on July 24, 1996 and become Public Law 104-170
on August 3, 1996 (Detailed Legislative History). It has been said the bill would have died in the
Senate if it had been held over just one day loner due to rapidly mounting panic and opposition
from some major players in the pesticide industry. This would been a major loss considering
Congressman Bliley had been fighting for this reform legislation since the 102nd Congress (Sray
49 ).
The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 amends the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenicide Act that had been a burden to both growers and
consumers. The bill Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop uniform standards
in setting all chemical tolerances allowed in food. The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency must determine if the tolerance is safe, meaning there is reasonable certainty
that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue, and any other
type of exposure there is reliable information on (Sray 49). The bill requires all pesticides to be
re-registered under the guid...
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the chemicals. I believe that the Food Protection Act of 1996 meets both of these issues rather
well. If impemeted properly the Food Protection Act of 1996 can benefit farmers, chemical
companies, children, families, and the world.
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President Clinton could have just disapproved and vetoed the whole bill, but he didn’t.
they passed the Wade-Davis Bill, which was a bill stating that the majority of the voters
The act of manufactures labeling of our foods products in terms of the ingredients a particular product contains and the nutritious facts is sometimes taken for granted, we often see the labels on our food products, but ignore them because we’re so used to seeing them in our daily lives. Surprisingly, food product labeling, specifically that pertaining to allergen warnings, were not always available to consumers until a government mandate in 2004 (FALCPA). I think part of the reason for such a lateness in regulation was due to a social stigma regarding allergies, that having them was some sort of natural selection and not an issue that should be taken care of. Another surprising notion I came across was that although there was no government regulation, manufactures of food products took a good amount of initiative in letting their consumers know of potential allergens in their products.
Due to this bill being passed by both houses I understand that both main political parties supported this policy.
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...ld pass, but Congress would eventually override his vetoes on most of the laws (Barney, William L.).
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The main reason that this law was put into place was because there were no regulations regarding food health and safety. There were also market failures due to the lack of food regulations, because the public could not tell if a certain food product had been altered in any way. Also many food markets completely neglected the environment, due to no set standard for environmental protection.
Byrd, Robert C. The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the US Senate, Vol. 1. (New York: Bernan Associates, 1989).
On November 7, 2009, the House approves its version of healthcare reform in a 220-215 vote. December 24, 2009, the Senate approves its version of the healthcare overhaul in a 60-39 party-line vote. On March 23, 2010, President Obama signs the act into law (Timeline: Affordable Care Act).
The registration criteria are set forth in section 3 of FIFRA. The EPA decides if a pesticide meets the requirement is based on the facts and date that has been submitted by the producers in the registration process and from the received application, EPA decides if the pesticides would have unreasonable adverse effect on the environment by considering the environmental costs, economic, social and the impact of the pesticide. This criteria is used by the EPA to measure the level of adverse effect the pesticide would have on the environment is a continuous one, which ,means at any point in time it can enact section 6 of FIFRA that prohibit, cancel and suspends the use of any pesticide that tends to pose adverse hazardous effect on the environment. All pesticides must be adequately registered and labelled by law for sale. The label on the pesticide must specify all active ingredients, limits to the usage of such pesticides, which crops the pesticides are to be used on. The congress in 1996 passed an act titled, food quality protection act(FPQA) that affected the FIFRA in two manner, firstly, it expects EPA to set a maximum tolerance residue limit on every registered pesticide and secondly it expects also that EPA produce an estrogenic substance screening program to filter all registered pesticides of their effect on human. This is to ensure that food supply in the country is
Regulations and rules are made meant to protect us from harm. There are rules for everything, even food. For instance, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA). The FSMA aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to prevent it. Many food service operations do not always follow the rules and that can be very harmful to the consumers, if it is serious, it could even lead to death. The rules for food consists of regulations, common practices, and court cases.
voted, and with a vote 39-6 the vheicle regrestration tax was demolished on the 1st of
At this point, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has started increasing regulations for prepared foods, however, only a few years ago they had some vague laws concerning these foods and companies could get away a lot more than they can now. One of the reasons for this was that the FDA was more concerned about the certain effects store bought food had on people and were less concerned about misleading labels on packaging. However, they seem to have become more aware of the fact that a lot of companies are tricking consumers into believing that their product is the best, and the FDA has started to regulate companies that have misleading advertisements.