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21 U.S. Code § 1401. Pesticide monitoring and enforcement information
(a) Data management systems
(1) Not later than 480 days after August 23, 1988, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall place in effect computerized data management systems for the Food and Drug Administration under which the Administration will—
(A)
record, summarize, and evaluate the results of its program for monitoring food products for pesticide residues,
(B)
identify gaps in its pesticide monitoring program in the monitoring of (i) pesticides, (ii) food products, and (iii) food from specific countries and from domestic sources,
(C)
detect trends in the presence of pesticide residues in food products and identify public health problems emerging from the occurrence of pesticide residues in food products,
(D)
focus its testing resources for monitoring pesticide residues in food on detecting those residues which pose a public health concern,
(E)
prepare summaries of the information listed in subsection (b), and
(F)
provide information to assist the Environmental Protection Agency in carrying out its responsibilities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.] and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.].