Food and agriculture: pesticide residue monitoring program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify what nonsubstantive changes are being made, only that they exist.

Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program for Produce

AB-2587 makes non-substantial changes to the existing pesticide residue monitoring program requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Makes nonsubstantive changes to the existing pesticide residue monitoring program.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Director of Pesticide Regulation

Terms To Know

Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program

A program that checks produce for leftover pesticides.

Illegal Pesticide Residues

Levels of pesticides on food that are not allowed by law.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only makes nonsubstantive changes and does not provide new funding or create new programs.
• It is unclear what specific changes the bill will make to existing provisions.

Official Summary Text

AB 2587, as introduced, Tangipa.
Food and agriculture: pesticide residue monitoring program.
Existing law requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to conduct a pesticide residue monitoring program for produce destined for processing to determine which pesticides are most likely to leave a residue and to what extent it is necessary to monitor the produce. Existing law requires the director to continuously interpret the results of the pesticide residue monitoring program in order to assess its general effectiveness at preventing public exposure to illegal pesticide residues, to release comprehensive summaries of the results of the pesticide residue monitoring program, and to identify in the reports the specific county where unprocessed agricultural foods have been discovered to contain illegal pesticide residue levels, the specific commodity, and the county where the commodity was produced, as specified.
This bill would make
nonsubstantive changes to that latter provision.

Current Bill Text

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