Sec. 180.950 Tolerance exemptions for minimal
risk active and inert ingredients. Unless specifically excluded,
residues resulting from the use of the following substances
as either an inert or an active ingredient in a pesticide chemical
formulation, including antimicrobial pesticide chemicals, are
exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA section
408, if such use is in accordance with good agricultural or
manufacturing practices.
(a) Commonly consumed food commodities. Commonly
consumed food commodities means foods that are commonly consumed
for their nutrient properties. The term commonly consumed
food commodities shall only apply to food commodities (whether
a raw agricultural commodity or a processed commodity) in
the form the commodity is sold or distributed to the public
for consumption.
(1) Included within the term commonly consumed
food commodities are:
(i) Sugars such as sucrose, lactose, dextrose
and fructose, and invert sugar and syrup.
(ii) Spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and
red pepper.
(iii) Herbs such as basil, anise, or fenugreek.
(2) Excluded from the term commonly consumed
food commodities are:
(i) Any food commodity that is adulterated
under 21
U.S.C. 342.
(ii) Both the raw and processed forms of
peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea,
and wheat.
(iii) Alcoholic beverages.
(iv) Dietary supplements.
(b) Animal feed items. Animal feed items means
meat meal and all items derived from field crops that are
fed to livestock excluding both
the raw and processed forms of peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans,
eggs, fish, crustacea, and wheat. Meat meal is an animal feed
composed of dried animal fat and protein that has been sterilized.
Other than meat meal, the term animal feed item does not extend
to any item designed to be fed to animals that contains, to
any extent, components of animals. Included within the term
animal feed items are:
(1) The hulls and shells of the commodities
specified in paragraph
(a)(2)(ii) of this section, and cocoa bean.
(2) Bird feed such as canary seed.
(3) Any feed component of a medicated feed
meeting the definition of
an animal feed item.
(c) Edible fats and oils. Edible fats and oils
means all edible
(food or feed) fats and oils, derived from either plants or
animals,
whether or not commonly consumed, including products derived
from
hydrogenating (food or feed) oils, or liquefying (food or
feed) fats.
(1) Included within the term edible fats and
oils are oils (such as
soybean oil) that are derived from the commodities specified
in
paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section when such oils are
highly refined
via a solvent extraction procedure.
(2) Excluded from the term edible fats and
oils are plant oils used
in the pesticide chemical formulation specifically to impart
their
characteristic fragrance and/or flavoring.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) Specific chemical substances. Residues resulting
from the use of the following substances as either an inert
or an active ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation,
including antimicrobial pesticide chemicals, are exempted
from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA section 408,
if such use is in accordance with good agricultural or manufacturing
practices.
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Chemical CAS No.
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Acetic acid, sodium salt...................................
127-09-3
Animal glue................................................
None
Carob gum (locust bean gum)................................
9000-40-2
Castor oil.................................................
8001-79-4
Castor oil, hydrogenated...................................
8001-78-3
Cellulose..................................................
9004-34-6
Cellulose acetate..........................................
9004-35-7
Cellulose, carboxy methyl ether, sodium salt...............
9004-32-4
Cellulose, 2-hydroxyethyl ether............................
9004-62-0
Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl ether...........................
9004-64-2
Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl methyl ether....................
9004-65-3
Cellulose, methyl ether....................................
9004-67-5
Cellulose, mixture with cellulose carboxymethyl ether, 51395-75-6
sodium salt...............................................
Cellulose, pulp............................................
65996-61-4
Cellulose, regenerated.....................................
68442-85-3
Citric acid................................................
77-92-9
Citric acid, calcium salt..................................
7693-13-2
Citric acid, calcium salt (2:3)............................
813-94-5
Citric acid, dipotassium salt..............................
3609-96-9
Citric acid, disodium salt.................................
144-33-2
Citric acid, monohydrate...................................
5949-29-1
Citric acid, monopotassium salt............................
866-83-1
Citric acid, monosodium salt...............................
18996-35-5
Citric acid, potassium salt................................
7778-49-6
Citric acid, tripotassium salt.............................
866-84-2
Citric acid, tripotassium salt, monohydrate................
6100-05-6
Citric acid, sodium salt...................................
994-36-5
Citric acid, trisodium salt................................
68-04-2
Citric acid, trisodium salt, dihydrate.....................
6132-04-3
Citric acid, trisodium salt, pentahydrate..................
6858-44-2
Coffee grounds.............................................
68916-18-7
Dextrins...................................................
9004-53-9
Fumaric acid...............................................
110-17-8
Guar gum...................................................
9000-30-0
Lactic acid, n-butyl ester.................................
138-22-7
Lactic acid, ethyl ester...................................
97-64-3
Lanolin....................................................
8006-54-0
Lecithins..................................................
8002-43-5
Lecithins, soya............................................
8030-76-0
Licorice Extract...........................................
68916-91-6
Maltodextrin...............................................
9050-36-6
Paper......................................................
None
Potassium chloride.........................................
7447-40-7
Silica, amorphous, fumed (crystalline free)................
112945-52-5
Silica, amorphous, precipitated and gel....................
7699-41-4
Silica gel.................................................
63231-67-4
Silica gel, precipitated, crystalline-free.................
112926-00-8
Silica, hydrate............................................
10279-57-9
Silica, vitreous...........................................
60676-86-0
Soapbark (Quillaja saponin)................................
1393-03-9
Sodium alginate............................................
9005-38-3
Sodium chloride............................................
7647-14-5
Urea.......................................................
57-13-6
Xanthan gum................................................
11138-66-2
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[67 FR 36537, May 24, 2002, as amended at 67
FR 56229, Sept. 3, 2002; 67
FR 78718, Dec. 26, 2002; 68 FR 16437, Apr. 4, 2003; 68 FR
18552, Apr.
16, 2003]
