An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to label declaration of the use of pesticide chemicals on raw agricultural commodities which are the produce of the soil
PL 86-537 (H.R.7480), enacted 06/29/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-537-JUNE 29, 1960 
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Public Law 86-536 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Waukegan Port Dis-
trict the commitment of the city of Waukegan, Illinois, to maintain a public 
wharf in Waukegan Harbor on land conveyed to the city in 1914, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to (1) 
accept a reconveyance from the city of Waukegan, Illinois, of that 
property transferred to the city by deed from the Secretary of War 
dated August 17, 1914, and (2) simultaneously convey said property 
to the Waukegan Port District without payment of monetary con-
sideration therefor, but subject to those conditions the Secretary deems 
necessary in the public interest, including the assumption by the port 
district, its successors and assigns, of the city's obligation under the 
August 17, 1914, deed to maintain a public wharf on the property 
described therein: Provided^ That in the event the property is not 
used for the aforementioned purpose, title thereto shall, at the option 
of the Secretary of the Army, revert to the United States of America 
which shall have the right of immediate entry thereon. 
Approved June 29, 1960. 
June 29, 1960 
[H. R. 5738] 
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Public Law 86-537 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with respect to label 
declaration of the use of pesticide chemicals on raw agricultural commodities 
which are the produce of the soil. 
June 29. 1960 
[H. R. 7480] 
Be it enacted hy the Sermte and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 403 of omg^^d'cismetil? 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is ^^p^^gti^.^^ ^ ^ ^ 
amended— 
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(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (k) thereof the follow- 
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ing sentence: "The provisions of this paragraph with respect to 
chemical preservatives shall not apply to a pesticide chemical 
when used in or on a raw agricultural commodity which is the 
produce of the soil."; 
(2) by adding at the end of such section the following new 
f
aragraph: 
) If it is a raw agricultural commodity which is the produce of 
the soil, bearing or containing a pesticide chemical applied after har-
vest, unless the shipping container of such commodity bears labeling 
which declares the presence of such chemical in or on such conunodity 
and the common or usual name and the function of such chemical: 
Provided, however, That no such declaration shall be required while 
such commodity, having been removed from the shipping container, 
is being held or displayed for sale at retail out of such container in 
accordance with the custom of the trade." 
SEC. 2. Nothing in the amendments made by the first section of this 
Act shall affect any requirement of the laws of any State or Territory. 
Approved June 29, 1960.