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The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) has many divisions and programs including the Agricultural Laboratory, Agricultural Marketing, Advocacy, and Outreach Team, Dairy and Feed Safety, Division of Animal Health, Division of Conservation, Division of Water Resources, Emergency Management, Food Safety and Lodging, Grain Warehouse, Meat and Poultry Inspection, Pesticide and Fertilizer, Plant ...
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has six divisions, which work to cultivate and expand new economic opportunities for the food and agricultural sector; safeguard the public’s food supply; inspect and enforce sound animal health practices; control and eradicate plant pests and diseases threatening the food and ...
The RUP classification restricts a product, or its uses, to use by a certificated pesticide applicator or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. Certification programs are administered by the federal government, individual states, and by company policies that vary from state to state.
In 1988, Congress amended the pesticide registration provisions requiring re-registration of many pesticides that had been registered before 1984. [7] The act was amended again in 1996 by the Food Quality Protection Act. [9] More recently the act was amended in 2012 by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. [10]
Violations were observed during EPA inspections in Overland Park and Kansas City, the federal agency said. Kansas City marijuana company fined more than $120,000 by EPA. Here’s the rule it violated
Only certified applicators, who have passed an exam, may purchase or supervise the application of restricted use pesticides. [5] Records of sales and use are required to be maintained and may be audited by government agencies charged with the enforcement of pesticide regulations.
Michigan has a process in place to ensure the state's voter rolls are up-to-date. Moves and deaths are common reasons for canceling registrations. How Michigan officials remove dead, unqualified ...
The Pesticide Data Program, [23] a program started by the United States Department of Agriculture is the largest tester of pesticide residues on food sold in the United States. It began in 1991 and tests food for the presence of various pesticides and if they exceed EPA tolerance levels for samples collected close to the point of consumption.