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40 CFR 180.546: Mefenoxam; 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 mefenoxam, 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 metalaxyl (methyl N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-DL-alaninate).

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

Commodity Parts per million

Almond hulls 5

Artichoke, globe 0.05

Atemoya 0.20

Bean, snap, succulent 0.20

Bushberry subgroup 13-07B 2.0

Cacao, dried bean 0.20

Caneberry subgroup 13-07A 0.70

Canistel 0.40

Cottonseed, subgroup 20C 0.1

Custard apple 0.20

Fruit, small, vine climbing, except grape, subgroup 13-07E 0.10

Herbs, dried 55

Herbs, fresh 8.0

Leaf petiole, subgroup 22B 5

Leafy Vegetable, Crop Group 4-16 (except spinach) 5

Mango 0.40

Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A 3.0

Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B 10

Palm, oil 1 0.02

Papaya 0.40

Rapeseed subgroup 20A 0.05

Sapodilla 0.40

Sapote, black 0.40

Sapote, mamey 0.40

Spinach 10

Star apple 0.40

Starfruit 0.20

Sugar apple 0.20

Tree nut, crop group 14-12 0.3

Vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 2

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 1

Vegetable, legume, bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6-22C 0.2

Vegetable, legume, pea, succulent shelled, subgroup 6-22D 0.2

Vegetable, stalk and stem, subgroup 22A 7

Wasabi, stem 3.0

Wasabi, tops 6.0

1 There is no U.S. registration as of November 4, 2024.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of mefenoxam in or on the food commodities when present therein as a result of the application of mefenoxam to growing crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section and other non-food crops to read as follows:

Table 2 to Paragraph (d)

Commodity Parts per million

Sugarcane 0.1

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

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