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International pesticide regulation

  1. 1
    Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (WHO)
  2. 2
    Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
  3. 3
    Plant Production and Protection Division (FAO)
  4. 4
    UN Environment Programme (Work on Pesticides)

Pesticide regulation in the European Union

  1. 1
    Regulation EC 1107/2009 (EUR-Lex)
  2. 2
    European Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed
  3. 3
    EU Pesticide Residues and Active Substances Database
  4. 4
    EFSA Pesticides Panel
  5. 5
    EFSA Annual reports on pesticide residues
  6. 6
    EFSA Pesticides Dossier

Pesticide regulation in the United States

  1. 1
    US Environmental Protection Agency (Regulating Pesticides)
  2. 2
    Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA)
  3. 3
    Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)
  4. 4
    Pesticide Residue Limits (Tolerances) in the United States
  5. 5
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
  6. 6
    US Department of Agriculture (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Other relevant national authorities

  1. 1
    German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
  2. 2
    French National Agency on Food Safety, Environment, and Workplace Security (ANSES)
  3. 3
    Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
  4. 4
    Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)

Further references

  1. 1
    Multimedia resources
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    Glossary
  4. 4
    Literature database

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