[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR174.479]

[Page 275]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 174--PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FORPLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart W--Tolerances and Tolerance Exemptions
 
Sec. 174.479  Pesticidal substance from sexually compatible plant; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.

    Residues of a pesticidal substance that is part of a plant-
incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant are exempt from 
the requirement of a tolerance if all the following conditions are met:
    (a) The genetic material that encodes for the pesticidal substance 
or leads to the production of the pesticidal substance is from a plant 
that is sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
    (b) The genetic material has never been derived from a source that 
is not sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
    (c) The residues of the pesticidal substance are not present in food 
from the plant at levels that are injurious or deleterious to human 
health.

[66 FR 37854, July 19, 2001]