Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010782",
  "term": "Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "To regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes.",
    "1. The objective of FIFRA is to provide federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use. All pesticides used in the United States must be registered (licensed) by EPA. Registration assures that pesticides will be properly labeled and that, if used in accordance with specifications, they will not cause unreasonable harm to the environment. Use of each registered pesticide must be consistent with use directions contained on the label or labeling. (More information from EPA's Agriculture Web site)\n\n2. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act was enacted in June 25, 1947. The Act instructs the EPA to regulate: 1) the registration of all pesticides used in the United States, 2) the licensing of pesticide applicators, 3) re-registration of all pesticide products, 4) the storage, transportation, disposal and recall of all pesticide products. FIFRA's home page (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/ch6.html) provides many more details.\n\n3. A Federal law that requires labels on pesticides that provide clear directions for safe use; FIFRA also authorizes EPA to set standards to control how pesticides are used.\n\n4. See http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/fifra.html.\n\n5. See http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/lfra.html. Passed in 1972, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) regulates the manufacture and use of pesticides and allows EPA to restrict or prohibit use of particularly harmful pesticides.\n\n6. The Act that provides procedures for the registration of pesticide products to control their introduction into the marketplace.\n\n7. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act was enacted in June 25, 1947. The Act instructs the EPA to regulate: 1) the registration of all pesticides used in the United States, 2) the licensing of pesticide applicators, 3) re-registration of all pesticide products, 4) the storage, transportation, disposal and recall of all pesticide products."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "FIFRA",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "P.L. 80-104",
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Universal Waste: Glossary of Regulatory Terms",
    "Superfund Acronyms",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "DWMAPS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act/"
}