Cal. FAC § 13163

This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 13163, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.

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Official statutory text

In granting a certificate of interim registration, the director may defer no more than three of the following registration data requirements:

(a) Efficacy studies pursuant to Section 12824.

(b) KOW (octanol water partition coefficient) pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(c) Soil photolysis pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(d) A field dissipation study pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(e) A study pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 that will be redone to correct errors or a study conducted under California conditions or guidelines, if the weight of evidence from all other submitted data support a scientific judgment in favor of interim registration.

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