[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: 40CFR180.5]



[Page 316]

 

                   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 A_Definitions and Interpretative Regulations

 

Sec.  180.5  Zero tolerances.



    A zero tolerance means that no amount of the pesticide chemical may 

remain on the raw agricultural commodity when it is offered for 

shipment. A zero tolerance for a pesticide chemical in or on a raw 

agricultural commodity may be established because, among other reasons:

    (a) A safe level of the pesticide chemical in the diet of two 

different species of warm-blooded animals has not been reliably 

determined.

    (b) The chemical is carcinogenic to or has other alarming 

physiological effects upon one or more of the species of the test 

animals used, when fed in the diet of such animals.

    (c) The pesticide chemical is toxic, but is normally used at times 

when, or in such manner that, fruit, vegetables, or other raw 

agricultural commodities will not bear or contain it.

    (d) All residue of the pesticide chemical is normally removed 

through good agricultural practice such as washing or brushing or 

through weathering or other changes in the chemical itself, prior to 

introduction of the raw agricultural commodity into interstate commerce.