### Question
Can you define what eligible pesticide chemical residue means?


### Answer
**Eligible pesticide chemical residue** is defined as the following in *21 U.S.C. § 346a*:

> a pesticide chemical residue as to which—


(I) the Administrator is not able to identify a level of exposure to the residue at which the residue will not cause or contribute to a known or anticipated harm to human health (referred to in this section as a "nonthreshold effect")

#### Citation:
  - *21 U.S.C. § 346a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 9-FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT > SUBCHAPTER IV-FOOD**

