§ 138e. — Reporting.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC138e]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 6A--NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
Sec. 138e. Reporting
(a) In general
Each laboratory or individual that performs, brokers, or otherwise
arranges for the performance of a pesticide chemical analysis of food
shall prepare and submit a report, simultaneously to the Secretary, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to the owner of such food,
that shall contain any finding of pesticide chemical residues in such
food--
(1) for which no chemical residue tolerance or exemption has
been established;
(2) that is in excess of residue tolerances; or
(3) for which the chemical residue tolerance has been revoked or
the chemical residue is otherwise not permitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(b) Timing of report
A laboratory shall submit the report required under subsection (a)
of this section to the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and the owner of such food as soon as practicable after the
completion of the analysis of such food.
(c) Guidelines
The Secretary shall adopt standardized reporting guidelines to be
applied to laboratories under this section and shall provide such
guidelines to laboratories accredited under this chapter, as well as
other sources of information regarding applicable pesticide chemical
tolerances.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIII, Sec. 1326, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3565.)
