110 STAT. 1532
PUBLIC LAW 104-170—AUG. 3, 1996
residue in or on the food. The temporary regulatory limit shall
be validated or terminated by the Administrator's final order
on the petition.
"(7) RESIDUES FROM LAWFUL APPLICATION.— No State or
political subdivision may enforce any regulatory limit on the
level of a pesticide chemical residue that may appear in or
on any food if, at the time of the application of the pesticide
that resulted in such residue, the sale of such food with such
residue level was lawful under this section and under the
law of such State, unless the State demonstrates that consumption of the food containing such pesticide residue level during
the period of the food's likely availability in the State will
pose an unreasonable dietary risk to the health of persons
within such State.
"(8) SAVINGS. — Nothing in this Act preempts the authority
of any State or political subdivision to require that a food
containing a pesticide chemical residue bear or be the subject
of a warning or other statement relating to the presence of
the pesticide chemical residue in or on such food.
Publication.
"(o) CONSUMER RiGHT To KNOW. — Not later than 2 years after
Public
the date of the enactment of the Food Quality Protection Act of
information.
1996, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, publish in a format understandable to a
lay person, and distribute to large retail grocers for public display
(in a manner determined by the grocer), the following information,
at a minimum:
"(1) A discussion of the risks and benefits of pesticide
chemical residues in or on food purchased by consumers.
"(2) A listing of actions taken under subparagraph (B)
of subsection (b)(2) that may result in pesticide chemical residues in or on food that present a yearly or lifetime risk above
the risk allowed under subparagraph (A) of such subsection,
and the food on which the pesticide chemicals producing the
residues are used.
"(3) Recommendations to consumers for reducing dietary
exposure to pesticide chemical residues in a manner consistent
with maintaining a healthy diet, including a list of food that
may reasonably substitute for food listed under paragraph (2).
Nothing in this subsection shall prevent retail grocers from
providing additional information.
" (p) ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES SCREENING PROGRAM. —
"(1) DEVELOPMENT. —Not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services
develop a screening program, using appropriate validated test
systems and other scientifically relevant information, to determine whether certain substances may have an effect in humans
that is similar to an effect produced by a naturally occurring
estrogen, or such other endocrine effect as the Administrator
may designate.
"(2) IMPLEMENTATION. —Not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of this section, after obtaining public comment and review of the screening program described in paragraph (1) by the scientific advisory panel established under
section 25(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act or the science advisory board established by
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