[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: 40CFR180.149]



[Page 352]

 

                   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]