40 C.F.R. § 180.378

Current through September 30, 2024

Section 180.378 - Permethrin; tolerances for residues

(a)General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Commodity	Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage	20
Alfalfa, hay	45
Almond	0.05
Almond, hulls	20
Artichoke, globe	5.0
Asparagus	2.0
Avocado	1.0
Broccoli	2.0
Brussels sprouts	1.0
Cabbage	6.0
Cattle, fat	1.5
Cattle, meat	0.10
Cattle, meat byproducts	0.10
Cauliflower	0.5
Celtuce	5
Cherry subgroup 12-12A	4
Corn, field, forage	50
Corn, field, grain	0.05
Corn, field, stover	30
Corn, pop, grain	0.05
Corn, pop, stover	30
Corn, sweet, forage	50
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed	0.10
Corn, sweet, stover	30
Egg	0.10
Eggplant	0.50
Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks	5
Fruit, pome, group 11	0.05
Garlic, bulb	0.10
Grain, aspirated fractions	0.50
Goat, fat	1.5
Goat, meat	0.10
Goat, meat byproducts	0.10
Hazelnut	0.05
Hog, fat	0.05
Hog, meat	0.05
Hog, meat byproducts	0.05
Horse, fat	1.5
Horse, meat	0.10
Horse, meat byproducts	0.10
Horseradish	0.50
Kiwifruit	2.0
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B	5
Leafy greens subgroup 4A	20
Lettuce, head	20
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk)	3.0
Mushroom	5.0
Onion, bulb	0.10
Peach subgroup 12-12B	2
Pepper, bell	0.50
Pistachio	0.10
Poultry, fat	0.15
Poultry, meat	0.05
Poultry, meat byproducts	0.05
Sheep, fat	1.5
Sheep, meat	0.10
Sheep, meat byproducts	0.10
Soybean, seed	0.05
Spinach	20
Swiss chard	5
Tea, plucked leaves1	20
Tomato	2.0
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9	1.5
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C	0.05
Walnut	0.05
Watercress	5.0

¹ There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on tea, plucked leaves as of July 28, 2020.

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l) , are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Commodity	Parts per million
Collards	15
Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F	2
Grass, forage	15
Grass, hay	15
Papaya	1.0
Turnip, tops	10
Turnip, roots	0.20

(d)Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

40 C.F.R. §180.378

72 FR 52019, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 85 FR 45335, July 28, 2020

As amended at 85 FR 45335, 7/28/2020