Category
Category 1B insect management Iowa
Pesticide
Commercial applicator - ANS person who uses pesticide on any property of
anotherperson for payment
Public Applicator - ANS persons who use pesticide as state, county, municipal,
or governmentemployees
Non-commercialapplicators - ANS persons who apply restricted use pesticides
on land owned,rented,or leased by applicator
Private applicators - ANS persons who apply pesticides for the production of an
agriculturalcommodityon propertyowned by themselvesor employers
Certified handlers - ANS persons employedby a licensed commercialapplicator
who handlepesticides under supervision of a qualifiedapplicator
Certificationand recertificationrequirementsfor Iowa pesticide applicators- ANS
Must be employedby companythatis licensed in pest control
21 day grace period from day of initial employment to meet certification
requirements
Recertification - 3 year qualification cycle. Test every third year or attending
approved continuing instruction courses (CIC) every year for EACH categoryyou
are certified.
CICs offered on calendar year basis. CICs cannot be made up if you forget and
you cannot attend2 in one yearto count for futureyears
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
,Category
what agency regulates pesticide use in the US - ANS Environmental
protection agency
Summarizepesticide registrationand re-registration- ANS FIFRA requir
EPA to regulatesale and use of pesticidesthroughregistrationand labeling.
Registrationdecisions based on humanand environmentalhealthimpact.
Inconsistentuse with label instructionsis illegal
Re-registration
constantly reviews older pesticides to compare with new findi
conclude if theyare still safe
Understandthe penaltiesfor violationsof FIFRA - ANS Civil penaltiesas m
$6500
Criminalpenaltiesup to $25000,one yearin prison, or both.
FIFRA - ANS Federal Insecticide,Fungicide, and RodenticideAct
Passed in 1947.Regulates production, transportation,sale, use, and disp
all pesticides.
FFDCA - ANS Federal Food, Drug,and CosmeticAct
Residues can remainon food, measuredin ppm,ppb, or ppt
sets allowable residue levels (tolerances) under FFDCA. Reas
certaintyof no harm.
FQPA - ANS Amended both FIFRA and FFDCA setting tougher stand
pesticidesused on food.
Established single health based standard to be used when assessing ri
pesticidein food. Dietaryexposure and non-occupationalexposure.
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
,Category
EPA residue - ANS The amount of pesticide remaining in or on raw farm products
or foods.
Tolerance - ANS maximum amount of pesticide that may legally remain in or on
raw farm product intended for consumption
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
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Date
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
Category 1B insect management Iowa
Pesticide
Commercial applicator - ANS person who uses pesticide on any property of
anotherperson for payment
Public Applicator - ANS persons who use pesticide as state, county, municipal,
or governmentemployees
Non-commercialapplicators - ANS persons who apply restricted use pesticides
on land owned,rented,or leased by applicator
Private applicators - ANS persons who apply pesticides for the production of an
agriculturalcommodityon propertyowned by themselvesor employers
Certified handlers - ANS persons employedby a licensed commercialapplicator
who handlepesticides under supervision of a qualifiedapplicator
Certificationand recertificationrequirementsfor Iowa pesticide applicators- ANS
Must be employedby companythatis licensed in pest control
21 day grace period from day of initial employment to meet certification
requirements
Recertification - 3 year qualification cycle. Test every third year or attending
approved continuing instruction courses (CIC) every year for EACH categoryyou
are certified.
CICs offered on calendar year basis. CICs cannot be made up if you forget and
you cannot attend2 in one yearto count for futureyears
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
,Category
what agency regulates pesticide use in the US - ANS Environmental
protection agency
Summarizepesticide registrationand re-registration- ANS FIFRA requir
EPA to regulatesale and use of pesticidesthroughregistrationand labeling.
Registrationdecisions based on humanand environmentalhealthimpact.
Inconsistentuse with label instructionsis illegal
Re-registration
constantly reviews older pesticides to compare with new findi
conclude if theyare still safe
Understandthe penaltiesfor violationsof FIFRA - ANS Civil penaltiesas m
$6500
Criminalpenaltiesup to $25000,one yearin prison, or both.
FIFRA - ANS Federal Insecticide,Fungicide, and RodenticideAct
Passed in 1947.Regulates production, transportation,sale, use, and disp
all pesticides.
FFDCA - ANS Federal Food, Drug,and CosmeticAct
Residues can remainon food, measuredin ppm,ppb, or ppt
sets allowable residue levels (tolerances) under FFDCA. Reas
certaintyof no harm.
FQPA - ANS Amended both FIFRA and FFDCA setting tougher stand
pesticidesused on food.
Established single health based standard to be used when assessing ri
pesticidein food. Dietaryexposure and non-occupationalexposure.
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
,Category
EPA residue - ANS The amount of pesticide remaining in or on raw farm products
or foods.
Tolerance - ANS maximum amount of pesticide that may legally remain in or on
raw farm product intended for consumption
Category 1B insect management Iowa Pesticide
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Date
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