This subpart sets forth the pesticide chemicals for use in agricultural or other food-related settings for which neither a tolerance nor an exemption is deemed to be needed by EPA.
(a) Food uses are the uses of a pesticide chemical that are likely to yield residues in food or feed crops, meat, milk, poultry or egg.
(b) Non-food uses are those uses that are not likely to yield residues in food or feed crops, meat, milk, poultry or egg.
[66 FR 66772, Dec. 27, 2001, as amended at 73 FR 60158, Oct. 10, 2008]
The following pesticide chemical uses do not need a tolerance or exemption from the requirement of a tolerance based on EPA's determination that they are not likely to result in residues in or on food.
| Pesticide Chemical
| CAS Reg. No.
| Limits
| Uses
|
|---|
| Methyl bromide | 74-83-9 | When applied as a pre-plant soil fumigant | All pre-plant soil uses
|
| Potassium triiodide (KI3) | 12298-68-9 | When applied to growing crops in foreign countries | Bananas, grapes, and melons
|
| Rhodamine B | 81-88-9 | Not to exceed 2% by weight of the formulated product and 60 ppm on the treated seed | Dye for seed treatment |