(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] in or on food commodities as follows:
Commodity | Parts per million |
---|---|
Apple | 5.0 |
Apple, juice | 10.0 |
Barley, bran | 5.0 |
Barley, grain | 2.0 |
Barley, straw | 10.0 |
Blackberry | 30.0 |
Blueberry | 20.0 |
Cantaloupe | 2.0 |
Cattle, fat | 0.02 |
Cattle, kidney | 1.0 |
Cattle, meat | 0.02 |
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2 |
Cherry | 10.0 |
Coffee, bean, green | 0.5 |
Cotton, gin byproducts | 180.0 |
Cotton, undelinted seed | 6.0 |
Egg | 0.002 |
Goat, fat | 0.02 |
Goat, kidney | 1.0 |
Goat, meat | 0.02 |
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2 |
Grape | 2.0 |
Grape, raisin | 12.0 |
Hazelnut | 0.80 |
Hog, fat | 0.02 |
Hog, kidney | 1.0 |
Hog, meat | 0.02 |
Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2 |
Horse, fat | 0.02 |
Horse, kidney | 1.0 |
Horse, meat | 0.02 |
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2 |
Milk | 0.01 |
Nut, macadamia | 0.5 |
Pepper | 30.0 |
Pineapple | 2.0 |
Poultry, fat | 0.02 |
Poultry, liver | 0.05 |
Poultry, meat | 0.01 |
Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.01 |
Sheep, fat | 0.02 |
Sheep, kidney | 1.0 |
Sheep, meat | 0.02 |
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2 |
Sugarcane, molasses | 1.5 |
Tomato | 2.0 |
Walnut | 0.5 |
Wheat, bran | 5.0 |
Wheat, germ | 5.0 |
Wheat, grain | 2.0 |
Wheat, middlings | 5.0 |
Wheat, shorts | 5.0 |
Wheat, straw | 10.0 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. A tolerance with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(m), of 0.1 part per million is established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on the food commodity sugarcane.
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
[65 FR 33710, May 24, 2000, as amended at 72 FR 53455, Sept. 19, 2007; 75 FR 56015, Sept. 15, 2010; 80 FR 72598, Nov. 20, 2015]