BAN OPs From Our Food Act

Bill: 117-hr-8765
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2022-08-30
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ban All Neurotoxic Organophosphate Pesticides From Our Food Act or the BAN OPs From Our Food Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits any organophosphate pesticides in food. (The Environmental Protection Agency banned chlorpyrifos, a type of organophosphate pesticide, from food in February 2022.)</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8765 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 30, 2022 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Meng , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Espaillat , and Ms. Schakowsky ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the use of organophosphate pesticides on food.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ban All Neurotoxic Organophosphate Pesticides From Our Food Act or the BAN OPs From Our Food Act . 2. Prohibition on use of organophosphates on food Section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 342 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) If it bears or contains any organophosphate pesticide, including any residue of an organophosphate pesticide, or any other added substance the presence of which is primarily as a result of the metabolism or other degradation of an organophosphate pesticide, regardless of whether any tolerance or exemption with respect to organophosphate is in effect under section 408. .