[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: 40CFR180.128]



[Page 345-347]

 

                   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.  180.128  Pyrethrins; tolerances for residues.



    (a) General. (1) Tolerances for residues of the insecticide 

pyrethrins (insecticidally active principles of Chrysanthemum 

cinerariaefolium) are established in or on the following food 

commodities:



------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                               Parts per

                          Commodity                             million

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Almond, postharvest..........................................   1

Apple, postharvest...........................................   1

Barley, postharvest..........................................   3

Bean, postharvest............................................   1

Birdseed, mixtures, postharvest..............................   3

Blackberry, postharvest......................................   1

Blueberry (huckleberry), postharvest.........................   1

Boysenberry, postharvest.....................................   1

Buckwheat, grain, postharvest................................   3

Cattle, fat..................................................   0.1(N)

Cattle, meat byproducts......................................   0.1(N)

Cattle, meat.................................................   0.1(N)

Cherry, postharvest..........................................   1

Cocoa bean, postharvest......................................   1

Coconut, copra, postharvest..................................   1

Corn (including popcorn), postharvest........................   3

Cottonseed, postharvest......................................   1

Crabapple, postharvest.......................................   1

Currant, postharvest.........................................   1

Dewberry, postharvest........................................   1

Egg..........................................................   0.1(N)

Fig, postharvest.............................................   1

Flaxseed, postharvest........................................   1

Goat, fat....................................................   0.1(N)

Goat, meat byproducts........................................   0.1(N)

Goat, meat...................................................   0.1(N)

Gooseberry, postharvest......................................   1

Grape, postharvest...........................................   1

Guava, postharvest...........................................   1

Hog, fat.....................................................   0.1(N)

Hog, meat byproducts.........................................   0.1(N)

Hog, meat....................................................   0.1(N)

Horse, fat...................................................   0.1(N)

Horse, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1(N)

Horse, meat..................................................   0.1(N)

Loganberry, postharvest......................................   1

Mango, postharvest...........................................   1

Milk fat (reflecting negligible residues in milk)............   0.5

Muskmelon, postharvest.......................................   1

Oat, postharvest.............................................   1

Oranges, postharvest.........................................   1

Peach, postharvest...........................................   1

Peanut (with shell removed), postharvest.....................   1

Pear, postharvest............................................   1

Pea, postharvest.............................................   1

Pineapple, postharvest.......................................   1

Plum, prune, fresh, postharvest..............................   1

Potato, postharvest..........................................   0.05

Poultry, fat.................................................   0.2

Poultry, meat byproducts.....................................   0.2

Poultry, meat................................................   0.2

Raspberry, postharvest.......................................   1

Rice, postharvest............................................   3

Rye, postharvest.............................................   3



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Sheep, fat...................................................   0.1(N)

Sheep, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1(N)

Sheep, meat..................................................   0.1(N)

Sorghum, grain, postharvest..................................   1

Sweet potato, postharvest....................................   0.05

Tomato, postharvest..........................................   1

Walnut, postharvest..........................................   1

Wheat, postharvest...........................................   3

------------------------------------------------------------------------



    (2) Pyrethrins may be safely used in accordance with the following 

prescribed conditions:

    (i) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 

butoxide for control of insects:

    (A) In cereal grain mills and in storage areas for milled cereal 

grain products, whereby the amount of pyrethrins is from 10 percent to 

100 percent of the amount of piperonyl butoxide in the formulation.

    (B) On the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more 

capacity in amounts not exceeding 6 milligrams per square foot, whereby 

the amount of pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of 

piperonyl butoxide in the formulation. Such treated bags are to be used 

only for dried foods.

    (C) On cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity in amounts not 

exceeding 5.5 milligrams per square foot of cloth, whereby the amount of 

pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of piperonyl butoxide in 

the formulation. Such treated bags are constructed with waxed paper 

liners and are to be used only for dried foods that contain 4 percent 

fat or less.

    (D) In two-ply bags consisting of cellophane/polyolefin sheets bound 

together by an adhesive layer when it is incorporated in the adhesive. 

The treated sheets shall contain not more than 10 milligrams of 

pyrethrins per square foot (107.6 milligrams per square meter). Such 

treated bags are to be used only for packaging prunes, raisins, and 

other dried fruit and are to have a maximum ratio of 0.31 milligram of 

pyrethrins per ounce of fruit (0.01 milligram of pyrethrins per gram of 

product).

    (E) In food processing areas and food storage areas: Provided, That 

the food is removed or covered prior to such use.

    (ii) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 

butoxide and N-octylbicycloheptene dicarboximide for insect control in 

accordance with Sec.  180.367(a)(2).

    (iii) A tolerance of 1 part per million is established for residues 

of pyrethrins in or on:

    (A) Milled fractions derived from Grain, cereal when present as a 

result of its use in cereal grain mills and in storage areas for milled 

cereal grain products.

    (B) Dried foods when present as the result of migration from its use 

on the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more capacity.

    (C) Foods treated in accordance with Sec.  180.367(a)(2).

    (D) Dried foods that contain 4 percent fat, or less, when present as 

a result of migration from its use on the cloth of cotton bags of 50 

pounds or more capacity constructed with waxed paper liners.

    (E) Foods treated in accordance with paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(D) and 

(a)(2)(i)(E)) of this section.

    (iv) To assure safe use of the pesticide, its label and labeling 

shall conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.

    (v) Where tolerances are established on both the raw agricultural 

commodities and processed foods made therefrom, the total residues of 

pyrethrins in or on the processed food shall not be greater than that 

permitted by the larger of the two tolerances.

    (3) Pyrethrins may be safely used in accordance with the following 

prescribed conditions:

    (i) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 

butoxide for control of insects:

    (A) On the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more 

capacity in amounts not exceeding 6 milligrams per square foot.

    (B) On cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity in amounts not 

exceeding 5.5 milligrams per square foot of cloth. Such treated bags are 

constructed with waxed paper liners and are to be used only for dried 

feeds that contain 4 percent fat or less.



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    (ii) It is used in combination with piperonyl butoxide, whereby the 

amount of pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of piperonyl 

butoxide in the formulation. Such treated bags are to be used only for 

dried feeds.

    (iii) A tolerance of 1 part per million is established for residues 

of pyrethrins when present as the result of migration:

    (A) In or on dried feeds from its use on the outer ply of multiwall 

paper bags of 50 pounds or more capacity.

    (B) In or on dried feeds that contain 4 percent fat, or less, from 

its use on cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity constructed with 

waxed paper liners.

    (iv) To assure safe use of the pesticide, its label and labeling 

shall conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency.

    (v) Where tolerances are established on both raw agricultural 

commodities and processed foods made therefrom, the total residues of 

pyrethrins in or on the processed food shall not be greater than that 

permitted by the larger of the two tolerances.

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]



[65 FR 33707, May 24, 2000]