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Label Review Training: Module 1: Label Basics, Page 9

Section 2: Who are the stakeholders?

Key Points

  • Registrants register pesticide products in compliance with FIFRA.
  • EPA and the states regulate pesticides by registering or licensing pesticides for sale and use in the United States.
  • Users apply pesticide products in a manner consistent with state and federal laws and regulations.
  • OECA, the EPA Regions, states, and tribes conduct pesticide compliance and enforcement programs to ensure that pesticides sold, distributed, and used in this country comply with FIFRA.
  • Extension services provide educational programs to certify and train restricted-use pesticide users.
  • Each stakeholder group has its own unique set of needs. 

Progress Check

  • What does EPA examine during the registration process?
  • From where does EPA receive its authority to regulate pesticides?
  • Do pesticide users have to follow state laws, federal laws, or both?
  • Name one of the things pesticide enforcers ensure.
  • What is a restricted-use pesticide?
  • Why is it important for pesticide labels to have legally enforceable language?

Answer

The ingredients of a pesticide; the site or crop on which it is to be used; the amount, frequency, and timing of its use; health and environmental effects data; and storage and disposal practices.

Answer

FIFRA.

Answer

Both.

Answer

Any of the following are correct:

  • That pesticides are registered with EPA prior to sale and distribution.
  • That pesticides are labeled properly.
  • That pesticides are being used in accordance with the label.

Answer

A pesticide that must be applied by or under the direct supervision of trained and certified users.

Answer

So that violators may be successfully prosecuted.

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Last updated on June 26, 2024
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