A bill to improve the safety of imported raw agricultural commodities produced with pesticides, and for other purposes.
Imported Raw Agricultural Commodity Safety Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a fiscal year plan for the distribution of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resources for sampling imported raw agricultural commodities to ensure: (1) compliance with pesticide residue laws; and (2) sharing of violations data among FDA districts.
Directs the Secretary to prepare a fiscal year summary of sampling activities which shall specify: (1) commodity types and volume; (2) country of export; (3) number of samples taken; and (4) violations, including commodity and pesticide, and the name of the importer.
Directs the Secretary, when a violation has been found, to monitor such commodity during the successive growing season.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit an enforcement report to the appropriate congressional committees; and (2) include within such report a description of any pesticide residue detection research.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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