Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.

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§ 180.145 Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.

(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following agricultural commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Apricot 7
Blackberry 7
Blueberry 7
Boysenberry 7
Broccoli 7
Brussels sprouts 7
Cabbage 7
Cauliflower 7
Collards 7
Cranberry 7
Cucumber 7
Dewberry 7
Eggplant 7
Fruit, citrus 7
Grape 7
Kale 7
Kohlrabi 7
Lettuce, head 7
Lettuce, leaf 7
Loganberry 7
Melon 7
Nectarine 7
Peach 7
Pepper 7
Plum, prune, fresh 7
Pumpkin 7
Raspberry 7
Squash, summer 7
Squash, winter 7
Strawberry 7
Tomato 7
Youngberry 7

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of fluoride in or on the following commodities from the postharvest fumigation with sulfuryl fluoride for the control of insects:

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Commodity Parts per million
All processed food commodities not otherwise listed 70
Barley, bran, postharvest 45.0
Barley, flour, postharvest 45.0
Barley, grain, postharvest 15.0
Barley, pearled barley, postharvest 45.0
Cattle, meat, dried 40
Cheese 5.0
Cacao bean, roasted bean, postharvest 20
Coconut, postharvest 40
Coffee, bean, green, postharvest 15
Corn, field, flour, postharvest 35.0
Corn, field, grain, postharvest 10.0
Corn, field, grits, postharvest 10.0
Corn, field, meal, postharvest 30.0
Corn, pop, grain, postharvest 10.0
Cotton, undelinted seed, postharvest 70
Egg, dried 900
Fruit, dried, except grape, raisin, postharvest 3.0
Ginger, postharvest 70
Grain, aspirated fractions, postharvest 55.0
Grape, raisin, postharvest 7.0
Hog, meat 20
Herbs and spices group 19, postharvest 70
Milk, powdered 5.0
Millet, grain, postharvest 40.0
Nut, pine, postharvest 20
Nut, tree, Group 14, postharvest 10.0
Oat, flour, postharvest 75.0
Oat, grain, postharvest 25.0
Oat, groats/rolled oats 75.0
Peanut, postharvest 15
Pistachio, postharvest 10.0
Rice, bran, postharvest 31.0
Rice, flour, postharvest 45
Rice, grain, postharvest 12.0
Rice, hulls, postharvest 35.0
Rice, polished rice, postharvest 25.0
Rice, wild, grain, postharvest 25.0
Sorghum, grain, postharvest 40.0
Triticale, grain, postharvest 40.0
Vegetable, legume, group 6, postharvest 70
Wheat, bran, postharvest 40.0
Wheat, flour, postharvest 125.0
Wheat, germ, postharvest 130.0
Wheat, grain, postharvest 40.0
Wheat, milled byproducts, postharvest 130.0
Wheat, shorts, postharvest 40.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined by § 180.1(l), are established for the combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds, cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride), in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Kiwifruit 15

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[71 FR 74815, Dec. 13, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 34885, June 15, 2011]


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