Action levels: Regulatory levels recommended by EPA for enforcement by FDA and USDA when pesticide residues occur in food or feed commodities for reasons other than the direct application of the pesticide.
Drinking Water Action Levels (ALs) are health-based advisory levels established by the Department of Health Services (DHS) for chemicals for which primary maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) have not been adopted. There are currently 36 ALs.
partial participation The engagement of State and local government emergency personnel in an exercise sufficient to adequately test direction and control functions for protective action decision making related to emergency action levels and ...
As opposed to "tolerances" which are established for residues occurring as a direct result of proper usage, action levels are set for inadvertent residues resulting from previous legal use or accidental contamination. 3) Unless otherwise specified ...
 See also: Decomposition, Toxic, Table, Organic compound, Radioactive
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