40 CFR 180.378: Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

Commodity Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage 20

Alfalfa, hay 45

Almond 0.05

Almond, hulls 20

Artichoke, globe 5.0

Arugula 50

Asparagus 2.0

Avocado 1.0

Broccoli 2.0

Brussels sprouts 1.0

Cabbage 6.0

Cattle, fat 1.5

Cattle, meat 0.10

Cattle, meat byproducts 0.10

Cauliflower 0.5

Celtuce 5

Cherry subgroup 12-12A 4

Corn, field, forage 50

Corn, field, stover 30

Corn, pop, stover 30

Corn, sweet, forage 50

Corn, sweet, stover 30

Cress, garden 50

Cress, upland 50

Dragon fruit 3

Egg 0.10

Eggplant 0.50

Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks 5

Field corn subgroup 15-22C 0.05

Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05

Garlic, bulb 0.10

Grain, aspirated fractions 0.50

Goat, fat 1.5

Goat, meat 0.10

Goat, meat byproducts 0.10

Hazelnut 0.05

Hog, fat 0.05

Hog, meat 0.05

Hog, meat byproducts 0.05

Horse, fat 1.5

Horse, meat 0.10

Horse, meat byproducts 0.10

Horseradish 0.50

Kiwifruit 2.0

Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 5

Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A 50

Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) 3.0

Mushroom 5.0

Onion, bulb 0.10

Peach subgroup 12-12B 2

Pepper, bell 0.50

Pepper, black 2 0.1

Pistachio 0.10

Poultry, fat 0.15

Poultry, meat 0.05

Poultry, meat byproducts 0.05

Sheep, fat 1.5

Sheep, meat 0.10

Sheep, meat byproducts 0.10

Soybean, seed 0.05

Sweet corn subgroup 15-22D 0.1

Swiss chard 5

Tea, plucked leaves 1 20

Tomato 2.0

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 1.5

Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 0.05

Walnut 0.05

Watercress 5.0

1 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on tea, plucked leaves as of July 28, 2020.

2 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on pepper, black as of August 3, 2026.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million

Collards 15

Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F 2

Grass, forage 15

Grass, hay 15

Papaya 1.0

Turnip, tops 10

Turnip, roots 0.20

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]