[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.149]

[Page 359]
 
                   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) General. (1) For the purposes of this section, the insecticide 
mineral oil is defined as the refined petroleum fraction having the 
following characteristics:
    (i) Minimum flashpoint of 300  deg.F.
    (ii) Gravity of 27 to 34 by the American Petroleum Institute 
standard method.
    (iii) Pour point of 30  deg.F maximum.
    (iv) Color 2 maximum by standards of the American Society for 
Testing Materials.
    (v) Boiling point between 480  deg.F and 960  deg.F.
    (vi) Viscosity at 100  deg.F of 100 to 200 seconds Saybolt.
    (vii) Unsulfonated residue of 90 percent minimum.
    (viii) No sulfur compounds according to the United States 
Pharmacopeia test under Liquid Petrolatum.
    (2) Tolerances for residues of mineral oil as specified in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section are established in or on the following food 
commodities:

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                                                             Parts per
                        Commodity                             million
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Corn, grain, postharvest.................................      200
Sorghum, grain, grain, postharvest.......................      200
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[68 FR 39438, July 1, 2003]