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40 CFR 180.261: Phosmet; tolerances for residues.

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
  4. PART 180—TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD
  5. Subpart C—Specific Tolerances

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), and its oxygen analog, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of phosmet, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage 20

Alfalfa, hay 40

Almond, hulls 10

Apple 10

Apricot 5

Blueberry 10

Cattle, fat 0.2

Cattle, meat 0.1

Cattle, meat byproducts 0.1

Cherry 10

Cranberry 10

Fruit, citrus, group 10 5

Goat, fat 0.1

Goat, meat 0.1

Goat, meat byproducts 0.1

Grape 10

Hog, fat 0.2

Hog, meat 0.04

Hog, meat byproducts 0.04

Horse, fat 0.1

Horse, meat 0.1

Horse, meat byproducts 0.1

Kiwifruit 25

Milk 0.1

Nectarine 5

Nut, tree, group 14 0.1

Pea, dry, seed 0.5

Pea, field, hay 20

Pea, field, vines 10

Pea, succulent 1

Peach 10

Pear 10

Plum, prune, fresh 5

Potato 0.1

Sheep, fat 0.1

Sheep, meat 0.1

Sheep, meat byproducts 0.1

Sweet potato, roots 12

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration are established for residues of the insecticide phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), and its oxygen analog, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of phosmet, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million

Crabapple 20

Pistachio 0.1

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:04Z. Source file · JSON

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