FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1168 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 11, Section 15 provides that "The State shall protect 
and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among 
them." 
There is no law that regulates the use of pesticide chemicals on food despite the 
hazardous effects pesticide chemicals may have on the food we consume. In 
accordance with the above-quoted constitutional mandate, this bill provides for a 
method whereby the State regulates the use of pesticide chemicals on food. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1168 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT TO REGULATE PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
ARTICLE I 
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 
Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the "Pesticide Food Safety Act." 
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the state to protect and 
promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. 
To this end the state shall regulate. the usage of pesticide chemicals in the processing 
of food. 
Section 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act, the following terms shall 
mean: 
(a) "Pesticide Chemical" means-
(1) (A) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, 
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, and 
(B) any substance or mixture of substances intended for used as a plant 
regulator, defoliant or dessicant: 
(2) (A) in the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant, or 
dessicant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest; 
(B) in the case of a plant regulator, an ingredient which through physiological 
action, will accelerate or retard the rate of growth or rate of maturation or otherwise alter 
the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the product thereof: 
(C) in the case of a desiccant an ingredient which will artificially accelerate the 
dying of plant tissue. 
(b) "Defoliant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the 
leaves or foliage to drop from a plant with or without causing abscission. 
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(c) "Desiccant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially 
accelerating the drying of plant tissues. 
(d) "Pesticide Chemical Residue" means a residue in or on food of--
(1) any pesticide chemical or 
(2) any other substance that· is present in the commodity or food as a result of 
the metabolism or other degradation of pesticide chemical regardless of whether the 
residence may be detected. 
(e) "Processed Food" means any food that has been subject to processing from a raw 
agricultural commodity. 
(f) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Food Authority. 
(g) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture 
ARTICLE II 
TOLERANCE AND EXEMPTION FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES 
Section 4. Requirements for Tolerance or Exemption 
(a) General Rule - Any pesticide chemical residue shall be deemed unsafe unless--
(1) a tolerance for such residue is in effect under this Act and the quantity of. 
such residue is within the limits of such tolerance: or 
(2) an exemption for such residue is in effect under this Act and such residue 
complies with such exemption. 
(b) Effect of a Tolerance or Exemption - While a tolerance or exemption from the 
requirement for a tolerance is in effect under this section for a pesticide chemical 
residue with respect to any food, such food shall not by reason of bearing or containing 
any amount of such residue be considered to be adulterated if such food complies with 
such tolerance or exemption. 
Section 5. Tolerances: 
(a) Authority - In General - The Administrator may promulgate regulations establishing, 
modifying, or revoking a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue--
(1) in response to a petition filed under Article III, Section 22; or 
(2) on the initiative of Administrator under Article III, Section 29. 
(b) Expiration Date - A regulation .under this paragraph may provide for an expiration 
date for the tolerance. 
(c) Separate Tolerances - The Administrator may establish a separate tolerance under 
subparagraph (a) for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food at each of the 
following times: 
(1) At the time the food is harvested; 
(2) At the time the food si purchased at retail; and 
(3) After the food is processed. 
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Section 6. Standard for Tolerance - (a) General Rule-
(1) a tolerance may be established for a pesticide chemical residue only if the 
risk to human health from dietary exposure to the pesticide chemical residue is 
negligible; and 
(2) the tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue shall be revoked or modified 
unless the risk to human health from dietary exposure to the pesticide chemical residue 
is negligible. 
(b) Negligible Risk -- For purposes of this paragraph, a risk to human health from 
dietary exposure to a pesticide chemical residue is negligible only if dietary exposure to 
the residue is reasonably certain to cause no harm to human health and the tolerance 
for such residue meets the requirements of safety. 
Section 7. Tolerances Level - If the administrator in able to identify a level at 
which a pesticide chemical residue will not cause or contribute to any known or 
anticipated harm to human health, the administrator may establish or leave in effect a 
level for a tolerance for such residue only if the Administrator finds that such tolerance 
will provide an ample margin of safety for each population group set out in Section 13. 
Section 8. Tolerances, Threshold Pesticides. Considerations. The level 
described in Section 7 shall be based on consideration of--
(a) the nature of the toxic effects caused by such residue and data regarding the 
prevalence of the same effects caused by other chemicals: 
(b) the validity, completeness, and the reliability of the data about the pesticide 
chemical residue; 
(c) the variability of individual sensitivities and sensitivities of population 
subgroups to the adverse effects from such residue; and 
(d) the possibility that human susceptibility to such adverse effects is significantly 
greater than that of test animals. 
Section 9. Tolerances. Threshold Pesticides Margin of Safety. A margin of safety 
for a level of a pesticide chemical residue is not ample unless human exposure per unit 
of body measurement to the pesticide chemical residue and other chemicals that cause 
the same effect is at least 100 times less than the no observable effect level in animals 
on which the pesticide chemical residue was tested, and if human data are available, at 
least 10 times less than the no observable effect level is the level of exposure to a 
pesticide chemical that reliable data derived from exposure of humans or animals to the 
pesticide chemical, demonstrate will cause no adverse effect. 
Section 10. Tolerances Non-threshold Pesticides. If the Administrator is not able 
to identify a level at which a pesticide chemical residue will not cause or contribute to 
any known or anticipated harm to human health of if the Administrator finds that a 
pesticide chemical residue causes cancer in animals or humans, the Administrator may 
establish a level in effect for such residue only if the Administrator finds that such level--
(a) will not cause or contribute to in individuals exposed to such pesticide 
chemical residue a lifetime risk of Iln adverse human health effect that occurs at a rate 
of one in a million or a risk of an adverse human health effect that occurs at a rate of 
one conservative risk assessment models; 
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(b) is the lowest 
level reasonably required to allow the accomplishment of the 
physical or other technical effect for, which the use of the pesticide chemical residue is 
removed to the extent possible in accordance with good manufacturing practice, 
Section 11 , Tolerances Exposure Except as provided in Section 12, in 
determining dietary exposure to a pesticide chemical residue the administrator shall--
(a) (1) use only reliable statistically significant data regarding the dietary exposure to 
persons who have consumed the food for which the tolerance for the residue is 
proposed or is in effect. 
(2) take into account all other tolerances in effect for the same pesticide 
chemical residue; and 
(3) take into account all other sources (including drinking water if data 
demonstrating widespread or significant regional contamination in drinking water are 
available) of dietary exposure to be the level of exposure that would occur if--
(b) consider the exposure to be the level of exposure that would occur if--
(1) all the food, for which the tolerance for the pesticide chemical residue is 
proposed or in effect has amounts of the pesticide chemical residue equal to the 
(a) Date - The Administrator may calculate dietary exposure to a food based on 
reliable data that provide the Administrator with a valid statistical basis to identify the 
percentage of the food in which the pesticide chemical residue actually occurs, 
(b) Percentage - Such percentage shall be not less than the percentage of the 
food consumed in an appropriate locality identified by the Administrator, which 
percentage represents the highest level of exposure to such residue in the Philippines. 
(c) Reevaluation - The Administrator shall reevaluate the determination under 
this Act every 2 years after the date of the determination, If under such a reevaluation, 
the Administrator finds that the determination is not justified the Administrator shall 
promptly issue a regulation requiring that the tolerance involved be set on the basis of 
the new determination. 
Section 12. Tolerances. Population Covered. In determining if the dietary 
exposure to a pesticide chemical residue is negligible the Administrator shall evaluate 
the risk to 
(a) infants of the age 0 to 1; 
(b) children of the age 1 to 2; 
(c) children of the age 2 to 3; 
(d) children of the age 3 to 4; 
(e) children of the age 4 to 5; 
(d) children of the age 6 to 10; 
(g) other population groups that have been identified by the Administrator to 
have special food consumption patterns or for which data are sufficient to demonstrate 
special food consumption patterns; and 
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(h) the entire population who 
consume food with such pesticide chemical residue. 
Section 13. Tolerances. Unvoidable Persistence. If a tolerance or an exemption 
from the requirement for a tolerance for a pesticide chemical is revoked and the 
Administrator finds the pesticide chemical residue will unavoidably persist in the 
environment and contaminate food· the Administrator shall establish a new tolerance 
under Section 29 for the pesticide chemical residue. The level permitted by the 
tolerance shall not be greater than the lowest level that permits only such unavoidable 
levels to remain in food. The Administrator shall evaluate any such tolerance at least· 
once a year to determine whether modification of such tolerance is necessary so that 
the tolerance provides only for the level of the pesticide chemical that is unavoidable. 
Section 14. Tolerances Practical Method of Analysis 
(a) General Rule - A tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue shall not be established 
or allowed to remain in effect unless the Administrator determines, after consultation 
with the Secretary that--
(1) there is a method for detecting and measuring the levels of such pesticide 
chemical residue in or on a food that will detect the residue at the level established by 
the tolerance and 
(2) except as provided in clause (b) such method is the best available, practical 
method. 
(b) Special Rule - If the Administrator determines that a practical method of analysis for 
a pesticide chemical residue in not available the Administrator shall identify the best 
available method that is designed to identify the lowest detectable amount of the 
pesticide chemical residue. The Administrator shall every 2 years after the date of the 
determination under this paragraph reevaluate the determination. 
(c) Practical Method - A method shall be considered practical for purposes of this Act 
only if it is a multiresidue method that can be performed by the Secretary on a routine 
basis as part of surveillance and compliance sampling of foods for pesticide chemical 
residue with the personnel equipment and other resources available to the Secretary, 
or, if no multiresidue method is available only if it can be so performed by the Secretary. 
Section 15. Tolerances. Consistent Application. The Administrator shall issue 
guidelines for the consistent application of the requirements in Sections 6 to 15. 
Section 16. Exemptions Authority 
(a) In General - The Administrator may promulgate regulations establishing or revoking 
an exemption from the requirement,for a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue--
(1) in response to a petition filed under Section 22; or 
(b) Expiration Date - Such a regulation may provide for an expiration date for the 
exemption. 
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Section 17. Exemption Standard Authority and Risk Standard 
(a) Establishment - An exemption may be established for a pesticide chemical residue if 
such residue is not a human or animal carcinogen and otherwise presents no risk to 
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human health, including the health of individuals in the population groups set out in 
Section 13 from dietary exposure to such residue. 
(b) Revocation - An exemption shall be revoked unless the residue is not a human or 
animal carcinogen and the residue does not present any risk to human health, including 
the health of individuals in the population groups set out in Section 13 from dietary 
exposure to such residue. 
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(c) Tolerance - No exemption may be established or allowed to remain in effect for a 
pesticide chemical residue for which there is in effect a tolerance. 
Section 18. Exemptions Exposure For purposes of Section 17, in determining 
dietary exposure to a pesticide chemical residue the Administrator shall --
(a) use only reliable statistically significant data regarding the dietary exposure resulting 
from the consumption of the food for which the exemption for such residue is proposed 
or is in effect: 
(b) take into account all other exemptions in effect for such residue and all other 
sources (including drinking water if data demonstrating widespread or significant 
regional contamination in drinking water are available) of dietary exposure to such 
residue; and 
(c) consider the exposure to be the level of exposure that would occur if --
(1) all the food for which the tolerance for such residue is proposed or in effect 
has amounts of such residue equal'to the tolerance proposed or in effect, respectively, 
(2) all other sources of dietary exposure to such residue described in paragraph 
(b) occur; and 
(3) human exposure to the pesticide chemical residue at the tolerance level 
occurs for a period equal to a lifetime, 
Section 19, Exemptions Practical Methods of Analysis An Exemption for a 
pesticide chemical residue shall not be established or allowed to remain in effect unless 
the Administrator determines after consultation with the Secretary that there is a 
method for detecting and measuring the levels of such pesticide chemical residue on a 
food and that such method is the best available practical method as defined in Section 
14, 
Section 20, Exemptions Consistent Application The Administrator shall issue 
guidelines providing for the consistent application of the requirements in Section 7 to 
20. 
ARTICLE III 
PETITIONS AND ACTION ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
Section 21, General Rule for Petitions, Any persons may file with the 
Administrator a petition proposing the issuance of a regulation establishing, modifying, 
or revoking a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical residue, 
Section 22 Requirements for Petitions to Establish a Tolerance Exemption 
(a) Contents - A petition under Section 21 to establish a tolerance or exemption 
for a pesticide chemical shall contain--
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(1) an information summary of the petition and of the data, information 
and arguments submitted or cited in support of the petition including--
(A) a summary of the reports required under clause (4) respecting the safety of 
the pesticide chemical residue; and 
(8) a characterization of--
(1) the exposure to the pesticide chemical residue to any tolerance or 
exemption already granted for such residue that would result if the requested tolerance 
or exemption were granted; 
(2) a proposed tolerance for such residue, if a tolerance is proposed; 
(3) the name chemical identify and composition of the pesticide chemical that 
produces such residue. 
(4) reports of tests and investigations made with respect to the safety of such 
pesticide chemical including complete information as to the methods and controls used 
in conducting such tests and investigations; 
(5) data showing the amount, frequency, method, and time of application of such 
pesticide chemical. 
(6) reports of tests and investigations made with respect to the nature and 
amount of the pesticide chemical residue that is likely to remain in or on food when 
ready for sale to consumers including a description of the analytical method used; 
(7) a description of methods for detecting and measuring the levels of such 
pesticide chemical residue in or on the food, which methods meet the requirements of 
Sections 15 and 20 
. 
(8) reports of investigations conducted on the effect of processing methods used 
to produce food on the level and identity of such pesticide chemical residue. 
(9) if the petition is for a pesticide chemical residue that is described in effect the 
pesticide chemical involved is intended to have the quantity of the pesticide chemical 
residue required to accomplish such effects; and 
(10) such other data and 'information (including a sample of the pesticide 
chemical form which the pesticide chemical residue is derived) as the Administrator 
may require to support the petition. 
(b) Information Available to Administrator - If information or data required by this 
section are available to the Administrator the person submitting the petition may in lieu 
of submitting the information or dat,a, cite the availability of the information or data. 
Section 23 Actions on Petitions Notice. 
(a) In General - Within 45 days of the filling of a petition under Section 21 for the 
establishment of a tolerance or an exemption the Administrator shall determine if the 
petition complies with the requirements of Section 22. If the Administrator finds 
requirements to be sufficiently complied with the Administrator shall publish a notice of 
the filing of the petition. If the Administrator determines that the petition does not 
comply with such requirements the Administrator shall notify the petitioner of such 
determination. 
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(b) Contents - A notice published under this section shall--
(1) announce the availability of a complete description of the analytical 
methods available to the Administrator for the detection and measurement of the 
pesticide chemical residue with respect to which the petition is filed; 
(2) include the summary required by Section 22 (a) (1); and 
(3) provide at least 30 days for comments on the petition. 
Section 24. Action - The Administrator shall within 270 days of the publication of 
a notice under Section 23 (a) with respect to a petition, and after giving due 
consideration to the petition any comments on the petition and any other information 
available to the Administrator--
(a) issue a final regulation in accordance with the petition establishing a 
tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical residue; 
(b) issue a proposed regulation establishing a tolerance or exemption for the 
pesticide chemical residue which tolerance or exemption is different from the tolerance 
or exemption requested in the petition; or 
(c) issue an order denying the petition 
Section 25 Actions on Petitio'n, Modification or Revocation 
(a) Notice - Within 45 days of a tolerance or exemption the Administrator shall 
publish a notice of the filing of the petition. Such notice shall contain the full petition or a 
summary of the petition and shall provide at least 30 days for comments on the petition. 
(b) Action - The Administrator shall within 270 days of the publication of the 
notice under Section 23(a) and after giving due consideration to the petition, any 
comments on the petition, and any other information available to the Administrator-
(1) issue a final regulation in accordance with the petition modifying or 
revoking a tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical residue; 
(2) issue a proposed regulation modifying or revoking a tolerance or 
exemption for the pesticide chemical residue which tolerance or exemption is different 
from the modification or revocation requested in the petition; or 
(3) issue an order denying the petition 
Section 26 Actions on Petition Comments and Final Regulations. If the 
Administrator issues a proposed regulation under Section 24(b) or Section 25(b)(2), the 
Administrator shall allow at least 30 days for comments on such proposed regulations. 
The Administrator shall issue a final decision within 180 days of the date of the 
publication of the proposed regulations. 
Section 27. Actions on Petition, Priorities. The Administrator shall give priority to 
petitions for the establishment of a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue that 
appeard to pose a significantly lower risk to human health from dietary exposure than 
pesticide chemical residues that have tolerances in effect for the same or similar uses. 
Section 28. Actions on Petitions Action on the Initiatives by the Administrator. 
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(a) General Rule - Upon his own initiative the Administrator may issue a final 
regulation establishing, modifying or revoking a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide 
chemical residue. 
' 
(b) Notice -
Before issuing a final regulation under paragraph (a), the 
Administrator shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking and provide a period of not 
less than 30 days for public comment on the proposed regulation unless the 
Administrator finds that it would be contrary to the public interest to issue the notice and 
provide the period and states the reasons for the finding in the notice of the final 
regulation. 
Section 29 Actions on Petition Effective Date 
(a) General Rule - Except as provided in paragraph (b), a final regulation issued 
under Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 shall take effect upon publication. 
(b) Delay-
(1) General Rule - If a regulation issued under Section 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 
and 28 revokes or modifies a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue or revokes an 
exemption for a pesticide chemical residue, the Administrator may, delay the effective 
day of the regulation to permit the tolerance or exemption to remain in effect at the level 
in effect immediately before such regulation is issued only --
(A) for foods that on the date of the publication of the regulation contain 
such pesticide chemical residue in an amount that is not more than the amount that 
could legally be applied on the date the Administrator under Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 
28 and 29; and 
(B) if dietary exposure to the pesticide chemical residue in or on the foods 
described in clause (A) meets the negligible risk standard prescribed by Section 6 
during the period of delay of the effective date. 
(2) Period of Delay - If the Administrator finds that delay of the effective 
date of such a revocation or modification is consistent with the public health, the 
Administrator may delay such date' under Section 5, for each type of food that contains 
such pesticide chemical residue, for the period that is required for such food to be sold 
to consumers in the course of the usual practice for persons engaged in the production, 
processing, transportation, storage, and distribution of the of food. 
Section 30. Actions on Petitions Special Data Requirements. 
(a) Determination of Inadequate Data - The Administrator shall take the action 
described in Sections 5 to 16 if a, tolerance or exemption is in effect for a pesticide 
chemical residue and the Administrator determines that data contained in the petition, 
which had been submitted, under Section 21 for establishment of the tolerance or 
exemption under this Act are not adequate to support the continuation of such 
tolerance or exemption because--
(1) based on the data contained in the petition and other data available to 
the Administrator, the Administrator determines that dietary exposure to such pesticide 
chemical residue may present a risk to human health that is greater than the standard 
prescribed by Section 6 to 15 and Section 18, 19 and 20; or 
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(2) the data contained in the petition are insufficient requirements of 
Sections 6 to 15 or Section 18, 19 and 20 or the requirements of Section 22. 
(b) Action by Administrator, When the Administrator makes the determination 
described in paragraph (a) with respect to a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide 
chemical residue; the Administrator shall--
(1) within 30 days ofa determination under Section 4, initiate an action', 
under Section 28 to modify or revoke the tolerance or exemption so that the tolerance 
or exemption meets the standard prescribed by Sections 6 to 15 or Sections 18, 19 and 
20 and within 1 year of such determination issue a final regulation to complete such 
action; and 
(2) within 30 days of the date of a determination under Section 4(a)(2), 
require the submission of data to su'pport--
(A) the existing tolerance or exemption; or 
(8) a new tolerance or exemption for such residue, that meets the 
standard prescribed by Section 6 to. 15 or Sections 18, 19 and 20. 
Section 31. Action on Petition, Special Data Requirements Deadlines. Except as 
provided in Section 34 if an order is issued under Section 30 with respect to a tolerance 
or exemption and a deadline in the order is not met, the tolerance or exemption is 
revoked, effective 45 days after the date the deadline is not met. Immediately after such 
deadline is not met the Administrator shall publish a notice of the revocation. 
Section 32. Action on Petition. Special Data Requirements Extension of Request 
(a) Request - Any person may request the Administrator to issue an order to 
extend the deadline established under Section 30(d) before expiration of the deadline. 
(b) Grant of Request - The Administrator may grant such a request only if--
(1) the person submitting the request notified the Administrator pursuant 
to Section 32(a) in compliance with the deadline established under Section 30(c); and 
(2) the Administrator finds that extraordinary circumstances beyond the 
control of such person prevented such persons from submitting the required data. 
(c) Extension - If the Administrator issues an order extending a deadline--
(1) the Administrator may extend the deadline for a period no longer that 
such times as is necessary for such person to submit the data; and 
(2) the Administrator, shall establish a new deadline in accordance with 
Section 32(d) 
(d) Delay - If a tolerance or exemption is revoked under Section 30(b)(1), the 
Administrator may delay the effective date under Section 29(b) 
(e) Evaluation of Data - Within 90 days of the date of the receipt of data under 
Section 30. the Administrator shall evaluate such data and determine whether action is 
required under Section 28 with respect to the tolerance or exemption for the pesticide 
chemical residue for which the data were submitted so that such tolerance meets the 
negligible risk standard prescribed under Sections 6 to 15 or Sections 18, 19 and 20. If 
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the Administrator determines that action under Section 29 is required, the Administrator 
shall complete such action within 1 year of the date of such determination. 
Section 33. Confidentially of Data. Data submitted to the Administrator in support 
of a petition under Section 22, which data have not previously been made available to 
the public without restriction shall upon request of the petitioner be considered as 
entitled to confidential treatment by the Administrator until publication of a regulation or 
order under Sections 24 to 28 in response to the petition unless disclosure of such data 
is required by Section 24(a«B) or Section 36 is allowed by Section 35. 
Section 34. Confidential of Data Disclosure. Data that are entitled to confidential 
treatment under Section 34 until publication of a regulation or order under Sections 24 
to 28 may be revealed to --
(a) either House of Congress or any committee or subcommittee of such 
House to the extent of matter within the jurisdiction of the committee or subcommittee; 
(b) any officer or employee of the State in connection with the official 
duties of such officer or employee under any law for the protection of health or the 
environment or for specific law enforcement purposes; or 
(c) any officer or employee of the State in connection with the official 
duties of such officer or employee under any law of the State for the protection of health 
or the environment of for specific law enforcement purposes; or 
(d) contractors with the State authorized by the Administrator to examine 
such data in the carrying out of contracts under such statutes under such security 
requirements as the Administrator may provide. 
Section 35. Access to Data in Support of Petition, General Rule 
(a) Public Access - If data i(1 support of a petition, shall provide, in accordance 
with this subsection, public access to health and safety data that are submitted or cited 
in support of such petition. 
(b) Request - To obtain access to such data a person shall not later than 30 days 
after the publication under Section 24 of a notice of the filing of a petition, send by 
certified mail to the Administrator and to the petitioner a request for such access and 
the affirmation required by Section 37. 
(c) Grant of Request - The Administrator shall grant such request unless, within 
15 days after the receipt by the Administrator of such request and affirmation, the 
petitioner submits to the Administrator an objection to the request asserting that the 
affirmation is inaccurate and other reasons for the objection. 
(d) Objection - If an objection to a request is submitted to the Administrator within 
such 15-day period the Administrator shall resolve such objection within 5 days after 
receipt of the objection. If the Administrator determines to grant the request, access 
shall not be permitted until 5 days after the petitioner making the objection has been 
notified. 
(e) Denial of Request - If access to data is denied, comments on the petition for 
which such data were submitted or cited shall be filed within 30 days after the decision 
of the Administrator denying access. 
Section 36. Access to Data in Support of Petition Restriction 
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(a) Affirmation - Data referred to in Section 34 may be made available only to a 
person who provides an affirmation (and such supporting evidence as the Administrator 
may require )that-
(1) states that the person is not engaged in and is neither employed by 
nor acting (directly or indirectly) on behalf of any other person or affiliate of a person 
engaged in the production, sale, or distribution of a pesticide chemical; 
(2) identifies any business, employer, or other person, if any, on whose 
behalf the person is requesting acct;3ss to the data; and 
(3) states that the person will not intentionally or recklessly violate this 
section. 
(b) Affiliate - For purposes of this paragraph, an affiliate of a person is a person 
who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled 
by or is under common control with the other person. 
Section 37. Access to Data in Support of Petition Comments. 
(a) General Rule - Data supporting a petition may be made available under 
Section 38 to a person only for the purpose of permitting the person to comment to the 
Administrator on such petition. Such comments may reasonably quote data submitted 
to the Administrator. No person, including the Administrator, may make such comments 
public before the decision of the Administrator on the petition for which such data were 
submitted or after such decision if the petition is denied. 
(b) Restrictions - A person who obtains data (directly or indirectly) under Section 
36 may not publish, copy, or transfer the data to any other person to obtain approval to 
sell, manufacture, or distribute a pesticide chemical anywhere in the world. 
Section 38. Access to Data in Support of Petition, Procedure. 
(a) In General- Data made available may be examined at an office of the 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources or an appropriate State agency 
under the conditions prescribed by this Article and may not be removed from such 
office. 
(b) Record - The Administrator shall maintain a record of the persons who 
inspect data. A copy of such record shall be sent on request to the person who 
submitted the data. 
(c) Basis for Comments - Once access to data supporting a petition is granted, 
the data may be examined and notes may be take for use in developing comments on 
the petition. Such comments on the petition shall be filed within 60 days after the 
decision of the Administrator grantipg access, unless the comment period is extended 
by the Administrator. 
Section 39. Access to Data After Decision. When the Administrator takes final 
action on a petition submitted under Section 21 or on the initiative of the Administrator 
under Section 28, the Administrator shall make available to the public the administrative 
record of the decision, including the data relied upon for the decision. 
Section 40 Existing Pesticide Chemical Residues. Pesticide Chemical Residues 
Under Regulations establishing tolerances for pesticide chemical residues under this 
Article or exemptions for pesticide chemical residues under this Article on or before the 
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date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be tolerances or exemptions 
issued under this Act and shall be subject to modification or revocation. 
Section 41. Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues, 
General Rule. Pesticide chemical residues that do not have tolerances or exemptions 
from tolerances under this Act because the residues are generally recognized as safe 
under this Act shall, until the expiration of the period prescribed by Section 45. not be 
considered unsafe solely because the chemicals do not have such a tolerance or 
exemption. 
Section 42 Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues, List Not 
later than 90 days after of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall --
(a) publish a list of all pesticide chemical residues that the Administrator has 
determined are generally recognized, on the day before the date of the enactment of 
this Act as safe under this Act; 
(b) require, by regulation, that any person who before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, distributed in commerce ·as a pesticide chemical, a pesticide chemical that is 
not on the list described in paragraph (a), and that such person determined is generally 
recognized as safe under this Act. shall--
(1) report to the Administrator the identify of such pesticide chemical; and 
(2) report to the Administrator the data that supports the claim that the 
pesticide chemical is so safe. 
Section 43 Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues, 
Determination of the Administrator. Not later than 270 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall determine if each pesticide chemical reported to the 
Administrator in accordance with Section 42 is generally recognized subject to 
modification or revocation. 
Section 44. Food and Drug Administration Monitoring of Pesticide Chemical 
Residues. 
(a) Sampling - The Secretary shall conduct surveillance and compliance 
sampling of food for pesticide chemical residues to determine if the pesticide chemical 
residues are in compliance with this Act. In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall give priority to foods that contain pesticide chemical residues included in a notice 
under paragraph (b). 
(b) Notification - The Administrator shall notify the Secretary of the pesticide 
chemical residues that the Administrator determines, in the administration of this 
section--
(1) are above the standard prescribed by Section 6; or 
(2) are not above such standard but that may under certain circumstances 
reach or exceed such standard. 
Section 45. Fees. The Administrator shall by regulation require the payment of 
such fees as will in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Administrator, be sufficient 
over a reasonable term to provide, equip, and maintain an adequate service for the 
performance of the functions of the Administrator under this Act. Under such 
regulations, the performance of the services or other functions of the Administrator 
under this section may be conditioned upon the payment of such fees. Such regulations 
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may further provide that the continuation in effect of a tolerance or exemption shall be 
conditioned upon the payment of an annual fee and for waiver or refund of fees in 
whole or in part when, in the judgment of the Administrator, such waiver or refund is 
equitable and not contrary to the purposes of this Article. 
Section 46. Judicial Review. Any person (including a person without an 
economic interest) who may be adversely affected by a final regulation or order issued 
may obtain judicial review of such regulation or order by filing a petition requesting that 
the regulation or order by filing a petition requesting that the regu lation or order be set 
aside in whole or in part in the Court of Appeals within 60 days after publication of the 
regulation or order. 
Section 47. Judicial Review, ~eview of Data 
(a) In General- Any person (including a person without economic interest) may 
obtain judicial review, of the adequacy of the data made available by the Administrator 
under Section 41 to support the issuance of a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide 
chemical residue, by filing a petition for the review of data in the Court of Appeals. 
(b) Scope of Review - Review in a proceeding initiated under the preceding 
section shall be limited to whether the data under review are adequate to demonstrate 
that the tolerance or exemption supported by such data meets the standards required 
by Section 6 or Section 18, 19 and 20 and interpreted by the guidelines issued under 
Section 16 or 21. 
(c) Burden of Proof. In any such proceeding the Administrator shall have the 
burden of proof on all issues. 
Section 48. judicial Review, Court Responsibility. In any action seeking judicial 
review of actions under this Act, the court shall have the principal responsibility for 
deciding issues of law. 
Section 49. Judicial Review, Attorney's Fees. Any petitioner who prevails in a 
proceeding brought under this Act shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's 
fees and expenses (including expert witness fees). 
ARTICLE III 
EVALUATION OF EXISTING PERSTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUE 
TOLERANCES 
. AND EXEMPTIONS 
Section 50. Evaluation. Within 1 year of the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall for each pesticide chemical residue that has a tolerance or 
exemption in effect, evaluate all available data with respect to the safety of such 
pesticide chemical residue and the nature and amount of such residue remaining in or 
on foods and determine if--
(a) the tolerance or exemption meets the requirements under this Act; 
(b) the tolerance or exemption does not meet such requirements; or 
(c) the data are insufficient to determine if the tolerance or exemption 
meets such requirements. 
Section 51. Sufficient Data. 
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(a) Acceptable Risk Data - If, with respect to any pesticide chemical 
residue that is evaluated under Section 4, the Administrator finds that data for the 
pesticide chemical residue are sufficient to determine that the requirements for 
tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical residue are met, the Administrator 
shall publish such finding. 
(b) Unacceptable Risk Data - If, with respect to any pesticide chemical 
residue that is evaluated under Section 50, the Administrator finds that data for the 
pesticide chemical residue are sufficient to determine that the tolerance or exemption 
for the pesticide chemical residue does not meet the required standard, the 
Administrator shall within 1 year of the date of such finding, modify or revoke the 
tolerance. 
Section 52. Insufficient Data, General Rule, Submission of Data. If, with respect 
to any pesticide chemical residue that is evaluated under Section 50, the Administrator 
determines that the data are insufficient to determine whether the tolerance or 
exemption meets the prescribed requirement, the Administrator shall establish a 
schedule for the submission of data in accordance with the prescribed requirements. 
Section 53. Insufficient Data, Determinations The Administrator shall--
(a) within 2 years of the date of the enactment of this Act, make such a 
determination respecting a tolerance or exemption standard for at least 30 percent of 
the tolerances or exemptions in effect for pesticide chemical residues in existence on 
such date; 
(b) within 4 years of the date of the enactment of this Act, make such a 
determination for at least 60 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in effect for 
pesticide chemical residues in existence on such date. 
(c) within 6 years of the date of the enactment of this Act, make such a 
determination for at least 90 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in effect for 
pesticide chemical residues in existence on such date; and 
(d) within 7 years of the date of the enactment of this Act, make such a 
determination for 100 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in effect for pesticide 
chemical residues in existence on such date. 
ARTICLE 1V 
REVIEW OF EXISTING METHODS OF ANALYSIS 
Section 54. Procedure 
(a) Determination - Within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall determine, for each method of detecting and measuring levels of 
pesticide chemical residues, whether the prescribed requirements have been met. 
(b) Notice - The Administrator shall issue a notice identifying each pesticide 
chemical for which there is such a method that does not meet such requirements. Any 
such method that does not meet such requirements within 3 years of the date of the 
issuance of the notice. 
(c) Revocation - If upon the expiration of such 3-year period, a method does not 
meet such requirements, then any tolerance or exemption in effect for the pesticide 
chemical residue subject to such m~thod shall be considered revoked. 
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Section 55. Fees. The Administrator shall by regulation require the payment of 
such fees as well in the aggregate in the judge of the Administrator, sufficiently 
supplement over a reasonable term to provide, equip, and maintain an adequate 
system for the implementation of this Act. 
Section 56 Separability Clause. If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
Section 57 Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree, or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to 
or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed modified or amended 
accordingly. 
Section 58. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect then (15) days after the 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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