§ 13126 Pesticide Registration Health Studies

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says new pesticides can't be approved if important safety tests are missing or bad, unless state health and work safety bosses say it's okay.

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•New pesticides need full safety tests to be sold.
•If tests are missing or bad, the state won't approve them.
•Only the health and work safety bosses can make exceptions.

Example

A company makes a new bug spray but didn't test if it causes cancer.

The state won't let them sell it unless the health and work safety bosses agree it's safe anyway.

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§ 13126 Pesticide Registration Health Studies

No new active pesticide ingredient shall be conditionally registered or licensed when any of the mandatory health effects studies, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 13123, is missing, incomplete, or of questionable validity unless the registration is based on previous consultation with the State Director of Health Services and the Director of Industrial Relations. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 669, Sec. 1. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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new active pesticide ingredient conditionally registered mandatory health effects studies State Director of Health Services Director of Industrial Relations

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 13126.

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