[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR174.479]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 174_PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT-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]