Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§138e Reporting

Title 7 › CHAPTER 6A — NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION › § 138e

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Labs or people who do, arrange, or broker pesticide testing on food must send a report when they find pesticide residue that (1) has no allowed tolerance or exemption, (2) is above the allowed tolerance, or (3) has had its tolerance revoked or is not allowed by the EPA. They must send that report at the same time to the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the owner of the food. The report must be sent as soon as possible after the test is finished. The Secretary must make standard reporting rules and give them to accredited labs and others who need information about pesticide tolerances.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §138e

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(a)In general

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—

(1)for which no chemical residue tolerance or exemption has been established;

(2)that is in excess of residue tolerances; or

(3)for which the chemical residue tolerance has been revoked or the chemical residue is otherwise not permitted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

(b)Timing of report

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.

(c)Guidelines

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 138e

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110