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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.180.578 Acetamiprid;  tolerances for residues

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–methylethanimidamide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below as a result of the application of acetamiprid. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only acetamiprid in or on the following commodities.

Commodity

Parts per million

Almond, hulls

5.0

Asparagus

0.80

Berry, low growing subgroups 13-07G

0.60

Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B

15

Bushberry subgroup 13-07B

1.6

Caneberry subgroup 13-07A

1.6

Celtuce

3

Citrus, dried pulp

1.20

Corn, sweet, forage

15

Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed

0.01

Corn, sweet, stover

30

Cotton, gin byproducts

20.0

Cottonseed subgroup 20C

0.7

Fennel, florence, fresh leaves and stalk

3

Fruit, citrus, group 10-10

1.0

Fruit, pome, group 11-10

1.0

Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F

0.35

Fruit, stone, group 12-12

1.5

Grain, aspirated fractions

5.0

Kohlrabi

1.2

Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B

3

Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A

3

Nut, tree, group 14-12

0.1

Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A

0.02

Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B

4.5

Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B

0.40

Rapeseed subgroup 20A

0.01

Soybean, hulls

0.04

Soybean, seed

0.03

Tea, dried 1

50.0

Tomato, paste

0.40

Tropical and subtropical, medium to large fruit, smooth, inedible peel, subgroup 24B

0.5

Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16

1.2

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9

0.50

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10

0.20

Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A

0.60

Vegetable, tuberous and corm, group 1

0.01

1 There are no U.S. registrations as of February 10, 2010, for the use of acetamiprid on dried tea.

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–methylethanimidamide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below as a result of the application of acetamiprid. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring acetamiprid and (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–ethanimidamide in or on the following commodities.

Commodity

Parts per million

Cattle, fat

0.20

Cattle, meat

0.30

Cattle, meat byproducts

0.70

Egg

0.010

Goat, fat

0.20

Goat, meat

0.30

Goat, meat byproducts

0.70

Hog, fat

0.10

Hog, meat

0.10

Hog, meat byproducts

0.20

Horse, fat

0.20

Horse, meat

0.30

Horse, meat byproducts

0.70

Milk

0.30

Poultry, fat

0.010

Poultry, liver

0.050

Poultry, meat

0.010

Sheep, fat

0.20

Sheep, meat

0.30

Sheep, meat byproducts

0.70

(3) A tolerances of 0.01 ppm is established for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on all food/feed items (other than those covered by a higher tolerance in paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section as a result of the use on growing crops) as a result of the application of acetamiprid in food/feed handling establishments. Compliance with the 0.01 ppm tolerance level is to be determined by measuring only acetamiprid (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–methylethanimidamide in or on the commodities.

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions.Time-limited tolerances specified in the following table are established for residues of the acetamiprid, (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–methylethanimidamide, in or on the specified agricultural commodities, resulting from use of the pesticide pursuant to FIFRA section 18 emergency exemptions. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only acetamiprid. The tolerances expire on the date specified in the table.

Commodity

Parts per million

Expiration date

Sugarcane, cane

45

12/31/19

Sugarcane, molasses

600

12/31/19

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations are established for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid (1E)–N–[ (6–chloro–3–pyridinyl)methyl]–N'-cyano–N–methylethanimidamide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below as a result of the application of acetamiprid. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only acetamiprid in or on the following commodities.

Commodity

Parts per million

Clover, forage

0.30

Clover, hay

2.0

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

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