[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: 40CFR180.149]

[Page 359-360]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN FOOD--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Specific Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.149  Mineral oil; tolerances for residues.

    (a) For the purposes of this section, the insecticide mineral oil is 
defined as the refined petroleum fraction having the following 
characteristics:
    (1) Minimum flashpoint of 300 [deg]F.

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    (2) Gravity of 27 to 34 by the American Petroleum Institute standard 
method.
    (3) Pour point of 30 [deg]F. maximum.
    (4) Color 2 maximum by standards of the American Society for Testing 
Materials.
    (5) Boiling point between 480 [deg]F. and 960 [deg]F.
    (6) Viscosity at 100 [deg]F. of 100 to 200 seconds Saybolt.
    (7) Unsulfonated residue of 90 percent minimum.
    (8) No sulfur compounds according to the United States Pharmacopeia 
test under Liquid Petrolatum.
    (b) Tolerances of 200 parts per million for residues of mineral oil 
as specified in paragraph (a) of this section are established in or on 
the following grains from postharvest application: Shelled corn, grain 
sorghum.