Dimethoate; tolerances for residues.

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§ 180.204 Dimethoate; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for total residues of the insecticide dimethoate (O,O-dimethyl S-(N- methylcarbamoylmethyl) phosphorodithioate) including its oxygen analog (O,O-dimethyl S-(N- methylcarbamoylmethyl) phosphorothioate) in or on the following food commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage 2.0
Alfalfa, hay 2.0
Bean, dry, seed 2.0
Bean, lima 2.0
Bean, snap, succulent 2.0
Blueberry1 1.0
Broccoli 2.0
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.02
Cauliflower 2.0
Celery 2.0
Citrus, dried pulp 5.0
Corn, field, forage 1.0
Corn, field, grain 0.1
Corn, field, stover 1.0
Corn, pop, grain 0.1
Corn, pop, stover 1.0
Corn, sweet, forage 1.0
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.1
Egg 0.02
Endive 2.0
Goat, meat byproducts 0.02
Grapefruit 2.0
Hog, meat byproducts 0.02
Horse, meat byproducts 0.02
Kale 2.0
Lemon 2.0
Lettuce, leaf 2.0
Melon 1.0
Milk 0.002
Mustard greens 2.0
Orange 2.0
Pea 2.0
Pear 2.0
Pecan 0.1
Pepper 2.0
Potato 0.2
Poultry, meat byproducts 0.02
Safflower, seed 0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.02
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.1
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.1
Sorghum, grain, stover 0.1
Soybean, forage 2.0
Soybean, hay 2.0
Soybean, seed 0.05
Swiss chard 2.0
Tangerine 2.0
Tomato 2.0
Turnip, roots 0.2
Turnip, tops 2.0
Wheat, forage 2.0
Wheat, grain 0.04
Wheat, hay 2.0
Wheat, straw 2.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for total residues of dimethoate including its oxygen analog in or on the following food commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Asparagus 0.15
Brussels sprouts 5.0
Cherry, sweet 2.0
Cherry, tart 2.0

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[65 FR 33697, May 24, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 6567, Feb. 11, 2004; 73 FR 53737, Sept. 17, 2008]


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