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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.180.408 Metalaxyl;  tolerances for residues

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

(a) General. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the fungicide metalaxyl [N–(2,6–dmethylphyenyl)–N–(methoxyacetyl) alanine methylester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6–dimethylaniline moiety, and N–(2–hydroxy methyl–6–methylphenyl)–N–(methoxyacetyl)–alanine methyl ester, each expressed as metalaxyl equivalents, in or on the following food commodities:

Commodity

Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage

6.0

Alfalfa, hay

20.0

Almond

0.5

Almond, hulls

10.0

Apple

0.2

Apple, wet pomace

0.4

Apricot, dried

4.0

Asparagus

7.0

Avocado

4.0

Beet, garden, roots

0.1

Beet, garden, tops

0.1

Beet, sugar

0.1

Beet, sugar, molasses

1.0

Beet, sugar, roots

0.5

Beet, sugar, tops

10.0

Blueberry

2.0

Broccoli

2.0

Brussels sprouts

2.0

Cabbage

1.0

Cattle, fat

0.4

Cattle, kidney

0.4

Cattle, liver

0.4

Cattle, meat

0.05

Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Cauliflower

1.0

Citrus, oil

7.0

Citrus, dried pulp

7.0

Clover, forage

1.0

Clover, hay

2.5

Cotton, undelinted seed

0.1

Cranberry

4.0

Egg

0.05

Fruit, citrus

1.0

Fruit, stone, group 12

1.0

Ginseng

3.0

Goat, fat

0.4

Goat, kidney

0.4

Goat, liver

0.4

Goat, meat

0.05

Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Grain, cereal, group 15, except barley, oat and wheat

0.1

Grain, crop

0.1

Grape

2.0

Grape, raisin

6.0

Grass, forage

10.0

Grass, hay

25.0

Hog, fat

0.4

Hog, kidney

0.4

Hog, liver

0.4

Hog, meat

0.05

Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Hop, dried cones

20

Hop, vines

2.0

Horse, fat

0.4

Horse, kidney

0.4

Horse, liver

0.4

Horse, meat

0.05

Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Lettuce, head

5.0

Milk

0.02

Mustard greens

5.0

Onion, bulb

3.0

Onion, green

10.0

Peanut

0.2

Peanut, hay

20.0

Peanut, meal

1.0

Peanut, hulls

2.0

Pineapple

0.1

Pineapple, fodder

0.1

Pineapple, forage

0.1

Plum, prune, dried

4.0

Potato, chips

4.0

Potato, granules, flakes

4.0

Potato, processed potato waste

4.0

Potato, wet peel

4.0

Poultry, fat

0.4

Poultry, kidney

0.4

Poultry, liver

0.4

Poultry, meat

0.05

Poultry, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Potato

0.5

Raspberry

0.5

Sheep, fat

0.4

Sheep, kidney

0.4

Sheep, liver

0.4

Sheep, meat

0.05

Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver

0.05

Soybean, hulls

2.0

Soybean, meal

2.0

Soybean, seed

1.0

Spinach

10.0

Strawberry

10.0

Sunflower, seed

0.1

Sunflower, forage

0.1

Tomato, paste

3.0

Tomato, puree

3.0

Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5, except broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and mustard greens

0.1

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9

1.0

Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7

8.0

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8

1.0

Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4, except spinach

5.0

Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2

15.0

Vegetable, legume, cannery waste

5.0

Vegetable, legume, group 6

0.2

Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1

0.5

Walnut

0.5

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration (refer to § 180.1(m)) are established for the combined residues of the fungicide metalaxyl [N–(2,6–dimethylphenyl)–N–(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6–dimethylaniline moiety, and N–(2–hydroxy methyl–6–methyl)–N–(methoxyacetyl)–alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl, in or on the following raw agricultural commodity:

Commodity

Parts per million

Papaya

0.1

(d) Indirect or inadvertent tolerances. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of metalaxyl in or on the food commodities when present therein as a result of the application of metalaxyl to growing crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section and other non-food crops to read as follows:

Commodity

Part per million

Barley, bran

1.0

Barley, flour

1.0

Barley, grain

0.2

Barley, pearled barley

1.0

Barley, straw

2.0

Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except barley, oat, and wheat; forage

1.0

Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except barley, oat, and wheat; stover

1.0

Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except barley, oat, and wheat; straw

1.0

Oat, flour

1.0

Oat, forage

2.0

Oat, grain

0.2

Oat, groats, rolled oats

1.0

Oat, straw

2.0

Wheat, bran

1.0

Wheat, flour

1.0

Wheat, forage

2.0

Wheat, germ

1.0

Wheat, grain

0.2

Wheat, middlings

1.0

Wheat, shorts

1.0

Wheat, straw

2.0
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