7 U.S.C. § 138e
Reporting
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 7 U.S.C. § 138e, Reporting, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428606
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:428606@1- SHA-256
ce28530792298883108aa696ba187905d17c8362519eec17fa680c3dab163ed9
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
Each laboratory or individual that performs, brokers, or otherwise arranges for the performance of a pesticide chemical analysis of food shall prepare and submit a report, simultaneously to the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to the owner of such food, that shall contain any finding of pesticide chemical residues in such food—
A laboratory shall submit the report required under subsection (a) to the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the owner of such food as soon as practicable after the completion of the analysis of such food.
The Secretary shall adopt standardized reporting guidelines to be applied to laboratories under this section and shall provide such guidelines to laboratories accredited under this chapter, as well as other sources of information regarding applicable pesticide chemical tolerances.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990