Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 16, 2024
§ 180.235 - Dichlorvos; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. (1) Tolerances for residues of the insecticide 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate are established as follows:

Commodity Parts per million
Cattle, fat0.02(N)
Cattle, meat0.02(N)
Cattle, meat byproducts0.02(N)
Egg0.05(N)
Goat, fat0.02(N)
Goat, meat0.02(N)
Goat, meat byproducts0.02(N)
Horse, fat0.02(N)
Horse, meat0.02(N)
Horse, meat byproducts0.02(N)
Milk0.02(N)
Mushroom (residues expressed as naled)0.5
Poultry, fat0.05(N)
Poultry, meat0.05(N)
Poultry, meat byproducts0.05(N)
Raw agricultural commodities, nonperishable, bulk stored regardless of fat content, postharvest0.5
Raw agricultural commodities nonperishable, packaged or bagged, containing 6 percent fat or less, postharvest0.5
Raw agricultural commodities, nonperishable, packaged or bagged, containing more than 6 percent fat, postharvest2
Sheep, fat0.02(N)
Sheep, meat0.02(N)
Sheep, meat byproducts0.02(N)

(2) The tolerance of 0.1 part per million prescribed by 21 CFR 556.180 for negligible residues of 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate in hog, fat; hog, meat; hog, meat byproducts; and hog, skin covers both its use as an anthelmintic in swine feed and as an insecticide applied directly to swine.

(3) Dichlorvos may be present as a residue from application as an insecticide on packaged or bagged nonperishable processed food (see: 21 CFR 170.3(j)) in an amount in such food not in excess of 0.5 part per million (ppm). To assure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling shall conform to the label and labeling registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the usage employed shall conform with such label or labeling.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[47 FR 55223, Dec. 8, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 26440, June 28, 1990; 56 FR 29183, June 26, 1991; 63 FR 57075, Oct. 26, 1998; 65 FR 33697, May 24, 2000; 74 FR 46373, Sept. 9, 2009; 77 FR 59125, Sept. 26, 2012]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371
source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 180.235