40 CFR 180.145 - Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Dec 22, 2026

View all text of Subpart C [§ 180.101 - § 180.730]

§ 180.145 - Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following agricultural commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Apricot	7
Blackberry	7
Blueberry	7
Boysenberry	7
Broccoli	7
Brussels sprouts	7
Cabbage	7
Cauliflower	7
Collards	7
Cranberry	7
Cucumber	7
Dewberry	7
Eggplant	7
Fruit, citrus	7
Grape	7
Kale	7
Kohlrabi	7
Lettuce, head	7
Lettuce, leaf	7
Loganberry	7
Melon	7
Nectarine	7
Peach	7
Pepper	7
Plum, prune, fresh	7
Pumpkin	7
Raspberry	7
Squash, summer	7
Squash, winter	7
Strawberry	7
Tomato	7
Youngberry	7

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of fluoride in or on the following commodities from the postharvest fumigation with sulfuryl fluoride for the control of insects:

Commodity	Parts per million
All processed food commodities not otherwise listed	70
Barley, bran, postharvest	45.0
Barley, flour, postharvest	45.0
Barley, grain, postharvest	15.0
Barley, pearled barley, postharvest	45.0
Cattle, meat, dried	40
Cheese	5.0
Cacao bean, roasted bean, postharvest	20
Coconut, postharvest	40
Coffee, bean, green, postharvest	15
Corn, field, flour, postharvest	35.0
Corn, field, grain, postharvest	10.0
Corn, field, grits, postharvest	10.0
Corn, field, meal, postharvest	30.0
Corn, pop, grain, postharvest	10.0
Cotton, undelinted seed, postharvest	70
Egg, dried	900
Fruit, dried, except grape, raisin, postharvest	3.0
Ginger, postharvest	70
Grain, aspirated fractions, postharvest	55.0
Grape, raisin, postharvest	7.0
Hog, meat	20
Herbs and spices group 19, postharvest	70
Milk, powdered	5.0
Millet, grain, postharvest	40.0
Nut, pine, postharvest	20
Nut, tree, Group 14, postharvest	10.0
Oat, flour, postharvest	75.0
Oat, grain, postharvest	25.0
Oat, groats/rolled oats	75.0
Peanut, postharvest	15
Pistachio, postharvest	10.0
Rice, bran, postharvest	31.0
Rice, flour, postharvest	45
Rice, grain, postharvest	12.0
Rice, hulls, postharvest	35.0
Rice, polished rice, postharvest	25.0
Rice, wild, grain, postharvest	25.0
Sorghum, grain, postharvest	40.0
Triticale, grain, postharvest	40.0
Vegetable, legume, group 6, postharvest	70
Wheat, bran, postharvest	40.0
Wheat, flour, postharvest	125.0
Wheat, germ, postharvest	130.0
Wheat, grain, postharvest	40.0
Wheat, milled byproducts, postharvest	130.0
Wheat, shorts, postharvest	40.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined by § 180.1(l), are established for the combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds, cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride), in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Kiwifruit	15

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[71 FR 74815, Dec. 13, 2006, as amended at 76 FR 34885, June 15, 2011]

authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371

source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 40 CFR 180.145