Food & Agr. Code, § 12561 · Article 3. Permissible Tolerances
Food & Agr. Code, § 12561
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The director by regulation may establish permissible tolerances for any pesticide chemical in or on produce if he or she finds each of the following:
(a) The pesticide chemical is useful for the production and marketing of the produce.
(b) The presence of the pesticide chemical as pesticide residue in quantities within the tolerances so established is not deleterious to the health of man or animals.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 717, Sec. 3.
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