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Srcious Problems uith EPA44 Pesticide Reference Standada
Program. CED-78-109; B-133192. April 26, 1V'8. 7 pp.
Repor,@ to Douqas N. Costle, Administrator, Envircnpental
Protection Agency; b7 Henry Eschvege,. tirector, CoNmunitY 8LA
Economic Development Div.
Issue Area: Environmental Protection Programs: Harml-
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (1211).
Contact: Community and Economic Develoucmt Div.
Budget Functiont Natural Resources& Bidvironment, iAnd Energy:
Pollution Control and Abatement (304).
Organization Concerned: Food and Drug AlsimistrLtion.
Coaqressional Relevance: House Committee on Aqriculture; Senate
Committee on Agriculture, butrition, and orestry.
The Environmental Protection Igency (EPA) has nit
effectively fulU.lied its responsibility tc provide reference
standards (precisaly defined samples) of pesticides for uso by
the Food and Drug Administration (FDI). as a result, the FDA is
seriously hampered in mozitoring pesticide residues in food and
in enforcing pesticide toleraLces. The Pesticide Reference
Standards Section (PRSS), which provides regulatory agencies
with samples of precisely def.ned composition for axa in
analysis of food for pesticide residvet, was transfexred from
the FDA to EPA. After the transfer, the lakoratory Am which PASS
was located was closed. PeASS staff remained in administ-rative
offices at the laboratory and continued to Frovide preriously
pa,.titioned referenc,3 standards on request. The lacLratoty was
moved and limited operations were resumed in Februa-y 1978.
During its 18-month closure, PRSS exhausted its inventory of
many standards and, therefore, was unatle to provide sre needed
standards to FDA and provided some others that were either
degraded or subpotent. The PRSS inatility to provide peiep
potent reference standards when needed seriLously impairs the
enforcement programs of other agencies. Ike Administrator of EPA
should take vwiatever actions are necessary to: perfcrt
appropriate tests to assure that standards sent to enforcement
agencies are of the proper quality; and enatle PASS to
accomplish its other tasks, including data comliling and
cataloging, indexing, synthesizing, and purifying standards
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