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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.180.300 Ethephon;  tolerances for residues

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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]

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