(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] in or on food commodities as follows:
| Commodity
| Parts per million
|
|---|
| Apple | 5.0
|
| Apple, juice | 10.0
|
| Barley, bran | 5.0
|
| Barley, grain | 2.0
|
| Barley, straw | 10.0
|
| Blackberry | 30.0
|
| Blueberry | 20.0
|
| Cantaloupe | 2.0
|
| Cattle, fat | 0.02
|
| Cattle, kidney | 1.0
|
| Cattle, meat | 0.02
|
| Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2
|
| Cherry | 10.0
|
| Coffee, bean, green | 0.5
|
| Cotton, gin byproducts | 180.0
|
| Cotton, undelinted seed | 6.0
|
| Egg | 0.002
|
| Goat, fat | 0.02
|
| Goat, kidney | 1.0
|
| Goat, meat | 0.02
|
| Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2
|
| Grape | 2.0
|
| Grape, raisin | 12.0
|
| Hazelnut | 0.80
|
| Hog, fat | 0.02
|
| Hog, kidney | 1.0
|
| Hog, meat | 0.02
|
| Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2
|
| Horse, fat | 0.02
|
| Horse, kidney | 1.0
|
| Horse, meat | 0.02
|
| Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2
|
| Milk | 0.01
|
| Nut, macadamia | 0.5
|
| Pepper | 30.0
|
| Pineapple | 2.0
|
| Poultry, fat | 0.02
|
| Poultry, liver | 0.05
|
| Poultry, meat | 0.01
|
| Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.01
|
| Sheep, fat | 0.02
|
| Sheep, kidney | 1.0
|
| Sheep, meat | 0.02
|
| Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney | 0.2
|
| Sugarcane, molasses | 1.5
|
| Tomato | 2.0
|
| Walnut | 0.5
|
| Wheat, bran | 5.0
|
| Wheat, germ | 5.0
|
| Wheat, grain | 2.0
|
| Wheat, middlings | 5.0
|
| Wheat, shorts | 5.0
|
| Wheat, straw | 10.0 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. A tolerance with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(m), of 0.1 part per million is established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on the food commodity sugarcane.
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
[65 FR 33710, May 24, 2000, as amended at 72 FR 53455, Sept. 19, 2007; 75 FR 56015, Sept. 15, 2010; 80 FR 72598, Nov. 20, 2015]