Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

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§ 180.378 Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage 20
Alfalfa, hay 45
Almond 0.05
Almond, hulls 20
Artichoke, globe 5.0
Asparagus 2.0
Avocado 1.0
Broccoli 2.0
Brussels sprouts 1.0
Cabbage 6.0
Cattle, fat 1.5
Cattle, meat 0.10
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.10
Cauliflower 0.5
Celtuce 5
Cherry subgroup 12-12A 4
Corn, field, forage 50
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, field, stover 30
Corn, pop, grain 0.05
Corn, pop, stover 30
Corn, sweet, forage 50
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.10
Corn, sweet, stover 30
Egg 0.10
Eggplant 0.50
Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks 5
Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05
Garlic, bulb 0.10
Grain, aspirated fractions 0.50
Goat, fat 1.5
Goat, meat 0.10
Goat, meat byproducts 0.10
Hazelnut 0.05
Hog, fat 0.05
Hog, meat 0.05
Hog, meat byproducts 0.05
Horse, fat 1.5
Horse, meat 0.10
Horse, meat byproducts 0.10
Horseradish 0.50
Kiwifruit 2.0
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 5
Leafy greens subgroup 4A 20
Lettuce, head 20
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) 3.0
Mushroom 5.0
Onion, bulb 0.10
Peach subgroup 12-12B 2
Pepper, bell 0.50
Pistachio 0.10
Poultry, fat 0.15
Poultry, meat 0.05
Poultry, meat byproducts 0.05
Sheep, fat 1.5
Sheep, meat 0.10
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.10
Soybean, seed 0.05
Spinach 20
Swiss chard 5
Tea, plucked leaves1 20
Tomato 2.0
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 1.5
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 0.05
Walnut 0.05
Watercress 5.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

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Commodity Parts per million
Collards 15
Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F 2
Grass, forage 15
Grass, hay 15
Papaya 1.0
Turnip, tops 10
Turnip, roots 0.20

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[72 FR 52019, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 85 FR 45335, July 28, 2020]


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