[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: 40CFR180.111] [Page 338-339] 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. 180.111 Malathion; tolerances for residues. (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide malathion (O,O-dimethyl dithiophosphate of diethyl mercaptosuccinate) in or on the following food commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts per Commodity million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alfalfa.................................................... 135 Almond, hulls.............................................. 50 Almond, postharvest........................................ 8 Almonds, shells............................................ 50 Apple...................................................... 8 Apricot.................................................... 8 Asparagus.................................................. 8 Avocado.................................................... 8 Barley, grain, postharvest................................. 8 Bean....................................................... 8 Beet (including tops)...................................... 8 Beet, sugar, roots......................................... 1 Beet, sugar, tops.......................................... 8 Blackberry................................................. 8 Blueberry.................................................. 8 Boysenberry................................................ 8 Carrot, roots.............................................. 8 Cattle, fat (PRE-S)........................................ 4 Cattle, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S)........................ 4 Cattle, meat \1\ (PRE-S)................................... 4 Chayote fruit.............................................. 8 Chayote roots.............................................. 8 Cherry..................................................... 8 Chestnut................................................... 1 Clover..................................................... 135 Corn, forage............................................... 8 Corn, fresh (including sweet, kernel plus cob with husks 2 removed).................................................. Corn, grain, postharvest................................... 8 Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 2 Cowpea, forage............................................. 135 Cowpea, hay................................................ 135 Cranberry.................................................. 8 Cucumber................................................... 8 Currant.................................................... 8 Dates...................................................... 8 Dewberry................................................... 8 Eggplant................................................... 8 Egg (from application to poultry).......................... 0.1 Fig........................................................ 8 Filbert.................................................... 1 Flax seed.................................................. 0.1 Flax, straw................................................ 1 Garlic..................................................... 8 Goat, fat (PRE-S).......................................... 4 Goat, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S).......................... 4 Goat, meat \1\ (PRE-S)..................................... 4 Gooseberry................................................. 8 Grapefruit................................................. 8 Grape...................................................... 8 Grass...................................................... 135 Grass, hay................................................. 135 Guava...................................................... 8 Hog, fat (PRE-S)........................................... 4 Hog, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S)........................... 4 Hog, meat \1\ (PRE-S)...................................... 4 Hop........................................................ 1 Horseradish................................................ 8 Horse, fat (PRE-S)......................................... 4 Horse, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S)......................... 4 Horse, meat \1\ (PRE-S).................................... 4 Kumquat.................................................... 8 Leek....................................................... 8 Lemon...................................................... 8 Lentil, seed............................................... 8 Lespedeza, hay............................................. 135 Lespedeza, seed............................................ 8 Lespedeza, straw........................................... 135 Lime....................................................... 8 Loganberry................................................. 8 Lupine, seed............................................... 8 Mango...................................................... 8 Melon...................................................... 8 Milk, fat (from application to dairy cows)................. 0.5 Mushroom................................................... 8 [[Page 339]] Nectarine.................................................. 8 Nut, macadamia............................................. 1 Oat, grain, postharvest.................................... 8 Okra....................................................... 8 Onion (including green onion).............................. 8 Orange, sweet.............................................. 8 Papaya..................................................... 1 Parsnip.................................................... 8 Passionfruit............................................... 8 Peach...................................................... 8 Peanut, forage............................................. 135 Peanut, hay................................................ 135 Peanut, postharvest........................................ 8 Pear....................................................... 8 Pea........................................................ 8 Peavine, hay............................................... 8 Peavines................................................... 8 Pecans..................................................... 8 Peppermint................................................. 8 Pepper..................................................... 8 Pineapple.................................................. 8 Plum....................................................... 8 Potato..................................................... 8 Poultry, fat (PRE-S)....................................... 4 Poultry, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S)....................... 4 Poultry, meat \1\ (PRE-S).................................. 4 Plum, prune................................................ 8 Pumpkin.................................................... 8 Quince..................................................... 8 Radish..................................................... 8 Raspberry.................................................. 8 Rice, grain, postharvest................................... 8 Rice, wild................................................. 8 Rutabagas.................................................. 8 Rye, grain, postharvest.................................... 8 Safflower, seed............................................ 0.2 Salsify (including tops)................................... 8 Shallots................................................... 8 Sheep, fat (PRE-S)......................................... 4 Sheep, meat byproducts \1\ (PRE-S)......................... 4 Sheep, meat \1\ (PRE-S).................................... 4 Sorghum, forage............................................ 8 Sorghum, grain, postharvest................................ 8 Soybean (dry and succulent)................................ 8 Soybean, forage............................................ 135 Soybean, hay............................................... 135 Spearmint, tops............................................ 8 Squash, summer and winter.................................. 8 Strawberry................................................. 8 Sunflower, seed (Post-H)................................... 8 Sweet potato, roots........................................ 1 Tangerine.................................................. 8 Tomato..................................................... 8 Trefoil, birdsfoot, forage................................. 135 Trefoil, birdsfoot, hay.................................... 135 Turnip (including tops).................................... 8 Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5........................ 8 Vegetables, leafy (except Brassica)........................ 8 Vetch, hay................................................. 135 Vetch, seed................................................ 8 Vetch, straw............................................... 135 Walnut..................................................... 8 Wheat, grain, postharvest.................................. 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ The tolerance level shall not be exceeded in any cut of meat or in any meat byproducts from cattle, goat, hog, horse, poultry, or sheep. (2) Malathion may be safely used in accordance with the following conditions: (i) It is incorporated into paper trays in amounts not exceeding 100 milligrams per square foot. (ii) Treated paper trays are intended for use only in the drying of grape (raisins). (iii) Total residues of malathion resulting from drying of grape on treated trays and from application to grape before harvest shall not exceed 12 parts per million on processed ready-to-eat raisins. (3) Residues of malathion in refined safflower oil from application to the growing safflower plant shall not exceed 0.6 parts per million. (4) Malathion may be safely used for the control of insects during the drying of grape (raisins) in compliance with paragraph (a)(2) of this section by incorporation into paper trays in amounts not exceeding 100 milligrams per square foot. (5) Malathion (O,O-dimethyl dithiophosphate of diethyl mercaptosuccinate) may be safely used in feed in accordance with the following conditions. (i) A tolerance of 50 parts per million is established for residues of malathion in dehydrated citrus pulp for cattle feed, when present as the result of the application of the pesticide to bagged citrus pulp during storage. Whether or not tolerances for residues of malathion on the fresh fruit have been established under section 408 of the Act, the total residue of malathion in the dried citrus pulp shall not exceed 50 parts per million. (ii) A tolerance of 10 parts per million is established for malathion in nonmedicated cattle feed concentrate blocks resulting from its application as a pesticide to paper used in packaging the nonmedicated cattle feed concentrate blocks. (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved] (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved] (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] [43 FR 22974, May 30, 1978, as amended at 43 FR 45584, Oct. 3, 1978; 44 FR 38844, July 3, 1979; 45 FR 76145, Nov. 18, 1980; 47 FR 42738, Sept. 29, 1982; 47 FR 55226, Dec. 8, 1982; 52 FR 45183, Nov. 25, 1987; 62 FR 66023, 66025, Dec. 17, 1997; 65 FR 33694, May 24, 2000] [[Page 340]]