Cyfluthrin
CAS No. 68359-37-5

US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities
 
 

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ACTIVITY: Insecticide (Pyrethroid)
Note: CAS No. 68359-37-5 for cyfluthrin and beta-cyfluthrin is the same
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A February 12, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Cyfluthrin: this insecticide is permitted in or on over 200 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances. 

• See also the two tolerances of 0.05 part ppm for residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin from general surface, spot, and/or crack and crevice applications in
food commodities exposed to the insecticide during treatment of food-handling establishments where food and food products are held, processed, prepared, or served.
and in
feed commodities exposed to the insecticide during treatment of feed-handling establishments where feed and feed products are held, processed, prepared, or served.

TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
IN FOOD--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Specific Tolerances

Sec. 180.436 Cyfluthrin; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the
insecticide cyfluthrin (cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2dimethyl-cyclopropane-carboxylate; CAS No. 68359-37-
5) in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity

As of
September 25,
2003

PPM

As of
January 24,
2004

PPM

As of
February 11,
2005,

PPM

New tolerances added on September 13, 2005

CFR

Alfalfa 5.0 5.0 5.0 - 180.436
Alfalfa, hay 10 10  10.0  - 180.436
ALFALFA, FORAGE 5.0 5.0  Not listed - 180.436
Almond, hulls Not listed -Not listed Not listed 0.5 180.436
ANIMAL FEED 0.05  0.05  Not listed this way - 180.436
Barley, bran 5.0 5.0  5.0 - 180.436
BARLEY, GRAIN 2.0 2.0  Not listed this way - 180.436

Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A

This group includes 10 commodities.
broccoli • broccoli, cavalo • broccoli, chinese • brussels sprout • cabbage • cabbage, chinese mustard • cabbage, chinese napa • cauliflower • cavalo broccolo • kohlrabi

2.5  2.5  2.5  - 180.436

Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B

This subgroup includes 8 commodities.
broccoli raab • cabbage, chinese bok choy • collards • kale • mizuna • mustard greens • mustard spinach • rape greens

Not listed Not listed Not listed 7.0 180.436
CARROT 0.20  Not listed this way Not listed this way  - 180.436
Carrot, roots Not listed this way 0.2  0.20  - 180.436
Cattle, fat 10 10 10.0 - 180.436
Cattle, meat 0.40 0.40 0.40 - 180.436
Cattle, meat byproducts. 0.40 0.40 0.40 - 180.436
Citrus, dried pulp 0.30 0.30  0.3 - 180.436
Citrus, oil 0.30 0.30  0.3 - 180.436
Corn, field, forage 3.0 3.0  3.0 - 180.436
CORN, FIELD, GRAIN 0.01  0.01  Not listed - 180.436
Corn, field, milled byproducts 7.0 7.0  7.0 - 180.436
Corn, field, refined oil 30  30  30.0 - 180.436
Corn, field, stover 6.0 6.0  6.0 - 180.436
CORN, POP, FODDER 0.01  Not listed  Not listed - 180.436
CORN, POP, FORAGE 0.01  0.01  Not listed - 180.436
CORN, POP, GRAIN 0.01  0.01  Not listed - 180.436
Corn, pop, stover 6.0 6.0  6.0 - 180.436
CORN, SWEET, FODDER 15.0  Not listed  Not listed - 180.436
Corn, sweet, forage 15  15  15.0  - 180.436
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05 0.05 0.05 - 180.436
Corn, sweet, stover 30 30 30.0 - 180.436
Cotton, hulls 2.0 2.0  2.0 - 180.436
Cotton, refined oil 2.0 2.0  2.0 - 180.436
Cotton, seed Not listed this way Not listed this way 1.0 - 180.436
COTTON, UNDELINTED SEED 1.0 1.0 Not listed this way - 180.436
Egg 0.01 0.01  0.01 - 180.436
FOODS, PROCESSED 0.05 0.05 Not listed this way - 180.436

Fruit, citrus, group 10

This group includes 43 commodities.
calamondin • citron, citrus • citrus • citrus hybrids • citrus hybrids, dried pulp • citrus hybrids, juice • citrus hybrids, oil • citrus, dried pulp • citrus, juice • citrus, meal • citrus, molasses • citrus, oil • fruit • fruit, citrus • fruit, citrus, dried pulp • fruit, citrus, except mandarin • fruit, citrus, postharvest • grapefruit • grapefruit, dried pulp • grapefruit, juice • grapefruit, oil • kumquat • lemon • lemon, dried pulp • lemon, juice • lemon, oil • lime • lime, dried pulp • lime, juice • lime, oil • mandarin, satsuma • orange, sour • orange, sour, dried pulp • orange, sour, juice • orange, sour, oil • orange, sweet • orange, sweet, dried pulp • orange, sweet, juice • orange, sweet, oil • pummelo • tangelo • tangerine

0.2  0.2  0.2 - 180.436

Fruit, pome, group 11

This group includes 10 commodities.
apple • apple, dried pomace • apple, juice • apple, wet pomace • crabapple • fruit, pome • loquat • mayhaw • pear • pear, oriental • quince

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.5 180.436

Fruit, stone, group 12

This group includes 14 commodities.
apricot • cherry, sweet • cherry, tart • fruit, stone • fruit, stone, except plum, prune, dried • nectarine • peach • plum • plum, chickasaw • plum, damson • plum, japanese • plum, prune • plum, prune, dried • plum, prune, fresh

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.3 180.436
Goat, fat 10  10  10.0 - 180.436
Goat, meat 0.40 0.40 0.40 - 180.436
Goat, meat byproducts 0.40 0.40  0.40 - 180.436
Grain, aspirated fractions 300 600  600  - 180.436

Grain, cereal, group 15

This group includes 100 commodities.
barley barley, branbarley, cerealbarley, flourbarley, grain barley, pearled barleybuckwheatbuckwheat, flourbuckwheat, fodderbuckwheat, forage buckwheat, grain cereal, cooked cereal, flour cereal, flour and related products corn corn, cereal corn, field corn, field, aspirated grain fractions corn, field, dry milling corn, field, flour corn, field, grain corn, field, grits corn, field, meal corn, field, milled byproducts corn, field, refined oil corn, field, soapstock corn, field, starch corn, field, wet milling corn, pod, grain corn, pop corn, pop, grain corn, sweet corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed grain, aspirated grain fractions grain, cereal grain, crops grain, crops, except corn, fresh and rice, grain grain, crops, except wheat grain, forage and stover macaroni products millet millet, flour millet, grain millet, pearl millet, pearl, grain millet, proso millet, proso, flour millet, proso, grain noodle products oat oat and barley animal feed mixture, 97% oats, 3% barley oat, bran oat, cereal oat, flour oat, grain oat, groats/rolled oats rice rice, bran rice, cereal rice, cracked rice, cracked, malted beverage rice, flour rice, grain rice, hulls rice, polished rice rice, wild rice, wild, grain rye rye, bran rye, cereal rye, flour rye, grain sorghum, grain sorghum, grain, aspirated grain fractions sorghum, grain, brain sorghum, grain, flour sorghum, grain, grain sorghum, milled fractions, except flour teosinte teosinte, grain triticale triticale, grain wheat wheat, aspirated grain fractions wheat, bran wheat, cereal wheat, flour wheat, germ wheat, gluten, postharvest in australia wheat, grain wheat, middlings wheat, milled byproducts wheat, shorts wheat, vavilovi wheat, vavilovi, grain wheat, wild einkorn wheat, wild einkorn, grain wheat, wild emmer wheat, wild emmer, grain

4.0 4.0  4.0 - 180.436
Grape Time limited tolerances. These were made permanent in Sept 2005 1.0 180.436
Grape, raisin Time limited tolerances. These were made permanent in Sept 2005 3.5 180.436
Hog, fat 6.0 6.0  10.0 - 180.436
Hog, meat 0.40 0.4  0.40 - 180.436
Hog, meat byproducts 0.40 0.4  0.40 - 180.436
Hop, dried cones 20 20  20.0 - 180.436
HOP, FRESH 4.0 4.0  Not listed - 180.436
Hop, vine Not listed - 4.0 - 180.436
Horse, fat 6.0 6.0  10.0 - 180.436
Horse, meat 0.40 0.4  0.40 - 180.436
Horse, meat byproducts 0.40 0.4 0.40 - 180.436
Lettuce, head 2.0 2.0  2.0 - 180.436
Lettuce, leaf 3.0 3.0  3.0 - 180.436
Milk 1.0 1.0  1.0 - 180.436
Milk, fat 30  30  30.0 - 180.436
MILK, FAT (0.5 PPM IN WHOLE MILK) 15.0 15.0  Not listed this way - 180.436
Mustard greens 7.0 7.0  7.0 - 180.436

Nut, tree, group 14

This group includes 16 commodities.
almond • almond, hulls • beechnut • butternut • cashew • chestnut • chinquapin • filbert • nut, brazil • nut, hickory • nut, macadamia • nutmeat, processed, except peanut • nuts • pecan • pistachio • walnut

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.01 180.436
Oat, bran 5.0 5.0  5.0 - 180.436
OAT, GRAIN 2.0 2.0  Not listed this way - 180.436

Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C

This subgroup includes 27 commodities.
bean, adzuki • bean, broad dry • bean, dry • bean, kidney • bean, lablab • bean, lima dry • bean, moth • bean, mung • bean, navy • bean, pink • bean, pinto • bean, rice • bean, tepary • bean, urd • catjang • chickpea • cowpea • guar • lentil • lupin, grain • lupin, sweet • pea, blackeyed • pea, crowder • pea, field • pea, field seed • pea, pigeon • pea, southern

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.15 180.436
Pea, dry, seed Not listed 0.15  0.15  - 180.436
PEA, DRY 0.15  0.15  Not listed in this way - 180.436
Pea, southern, succulent 0.25  0.25  0.25  - 180.436
Peanut Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.01 180.436
Peanut, hay Not listed Not listed Not listed 6.0 180.436
Pepper 0.50 0.50  0.50  - 180.436
Pistachio Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.01 180.436
Potato 0.01 0.01  0.01 Tolerance withdrawn 180.436
Poultry, fat 0.01 0.01    0.01  - 180.436
Poultry, meat 0.01 0.01    0.01  - 180.436
Poultry, meat byproducts 0.01 0.01    0.01  - 180.436
RADISH 1.0 1.0  Not listed this way - 180.436
Radish, roots 1.0 1.0  1.0 - 180.436
Rice, bran 6.0 6.0  6.0 - 180.436
Rice, hulls 18 18  18.0 - 180.436
Rye, bran 5.0 5 .0 5.0 - 180.436
Sheep, fat 10 10 10.0 - 180.436
Sheep, meat 0.40 0.40   0.40 - 180.436
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.40 0.40   0.40 - 180.436
SORGHUM, FORAGE 2.0 2.0  Not listed - 180.436
Sorghum, grain, forage 2.0 2.0  2.0 - 180.436
SORGHUM, GRAIN, GRAIN 4.0 4.0  Not listed in this way - 180.436
Sorghum, grain, stover 5.0 5.0  5.0 - 180.436
SORGHUM, STOVER 5.0 Not listed Not listed - 180.436
Soybean, forage 8.0 8.0  8.0 - 180.436
Soybean, hay 4.0 4.0  4.0 - 180.436
Soybean, seed 0.03  0.03  0.03  - 180.436
Sugarcane, cane 0.05  0.05  0.05  - 180.436
Sugarcane, molasses 0.20 0.2  0.20 - 180.436
Sunflower, forage 5.0 5.0  5.0 - 180.436
Sunflower, seed 0.02  0.02  0.02 - 180.436
Tomato 0.20 0.20  0.20  - 180.436
TOMATO, CONCENTRATED PRODUCTS 0.5  0.5  Not listed - 180.436
Tomato, paste 0.50 0.50  0.5  - 180.436
Tomato, pomace Not listed this way Not listed this way  5.0 - 180.436
TOMATO, DRIED POMACE 5.0 5.0  Not listed this way - 180.436
TOMATO, WET POMACE 5.0 5.0  Not listed this way - 180.436
Turnips, greens Not listed Not listed Not listed 7.0 180.436

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9

This group includes 19 commodities.
balsam apple • balsam pear • cantaloupe • chayote, fruit • cucumber • cucumber, chinese • cucurbits • gherkin, west indian • gourd, edible • melon • melon, citron • muskmelon • pumpkin • squash • squash, summer • squash, winter • vegetable, cucurbit, group • watermelon • waxgourd, chinese

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.1 180.436

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8

This group includes 17 commodities.
chili, postharvest • eggplant • groundcherry • pepino • pepper • pepper, bell • pepper, nonbell • pepper, nonbell, sweet • tomatillo • tomato • tomato, concentrated products • tomato, dried pomace • tomato, paste • tomato, puree • tomato, wet pomace • vegetable, fruiting • vegetable, fruiting, group

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.5 180.436

Vegetable, leafy greens, except Brassica, group 4

This group includes 37 commodities.
amaranth, leafy • arugula • cardoon • celery • celery, chinese • celtuce • chervil • chervil, fresh leaves • chrysanthemum, edible leaved • chrysanthemum, garland • corn salad • cress, garden • cress, upland • dandelion, leaves • dock • endive • fennel, florence • fennel, florence, fresh leaves and stalk • kale, sea • lettuce, head • lettuce, leaf • orach • orach, leaves • parsley • parsley, leaves • purslane, garden • purslane, winter • radicchio • rhubarb • spinach • spinach, chinese • spinach, new zealand • spinach, vine • swiss chard • tampala • vegetable, leafy • vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group

Not listed Not listed Not listed 6.0 180.436

Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C

This subgroup includes 22 commodities.
arracacha • arrowroot • artichoke, chinese • artichoke, jerusalem • canna, edible • cassava • chayote root • chufa • dasheen • ginger • leren • potato • potato culls • potato granules flakes • potato peel, wet • potato processed potato waste • potato, specialty • sweet potato • tanier • turmeric • yam bean • yam, true

Not listed Not listed Not listed 0.01 180.436
Wheat, forage Not listed Not listed Not listed 5.0 180.436
WHEAT, GRAIN 2.0 2.0  Not listed this way - 180.436
Wheat, hay Not listed Not listed Not listed 6.0 180.436
Wheat milled byproducts, except flour 5.0 5.0  5.0 - 180.436B
Wheat, straw Not listed Not listed Not listed 6.0 180.436


(2) A tolerance of 0.05 ppm is established for residues of the
insecticide cyfluthrin
(cyano(4-fluoro-3-phenoxy phenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-
dichloroethenyl)-2,2-di methyl cyclo propane carboxy late; CAS Reg. No.
69359-37-5) in food commodities exposed to the insecticide during
treatment of food-handling establishments where food and food products
are held, processed, prepared, or served.
Treatments may be made by
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general surface, spot, and/or crack and crevice applications.
(i) General surface treatments shall be limited to a maximum of 3.8
grams of active ingredient per 1,000 square feet, applying to walls,
floors, and ceilings with a low-pressure system. Cover or remove all
food processing and/or handling equipment during application. Do not
apply directly to food products. Reapplications may be made at 10-day
intervals.
(ii) Crack and crevice or spot treatments shall be limited to a
maximum of 0.1 percent of the active ingredient weight, applied with a
low-pressure system with a pinpoint or variable-pattern nozzle. Dust
formulation shall be limited to a maximum of 0.1 percent of the active
ingredient by weight, applied using a hand duster, power duster, or
other equipment capable of applying dust insecticide directly into voids
and cracks and crevices. Dust applications should be made in a manner to
avoid deposits on exposed surfaces or introducing the material into the
air. Cover exposed food or remove food from premises. Do not apply
directly to food. Reapplications may be made at 10-day intervals.
(iii) To ensure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling
shall conform to that registered by the Environmental Protection Agency,
and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.
(3) A tolerance of 0.05 part per million is established for residues
of the insecticide cyfluthrin
(cyano(4-fluoro-3-phen oxy phenyl)methyl-
3-(2,2-dichloro ethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclo propane carboxy late; CAS
Reg. No. 68359-37-5) in feed commodities exposed to the insecticide
during treatment of feed-handling establishments where feed and feed
products are held, processed, prepared, or served.
Treatments may be
made by general surface, spot, and/or crack and crevice applications.
(i) General surface tratments shall be limited to a maximum of 3.8
grams of active ingredient per 1,000 square feet, applying to walls,
floors, and ceilings with a low-pressure system. Cover or remove all
feed processing and/or handling equipment during application. Do not
apply directly to feed products. Reapplications may be made at 10-day
intervals.
(ii) Crack and crevice or spot treatments shall be limited to a
maximum of 0.1 percent of the active ingredient by weight, applied with
a low-pressure system with a pinpoint or variable-pattern nozzle. Dust
formulation shall be limited to a maximum of 0.1 percent of the active
ingredient by weight, applied using a hand duster, power duster, or
other equipment capable of applying dust insecticide directly into voids
and cracks and crevices. Dust applications should be made in a manner to
avoid deposits on exposed surfaces or introducing the material into the
air. Cover exposed feed or remove feed from premises. Do not apply
directly to feed. Reapplications may be made at 10-day intervals.
(iii) To ensure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling
shall conform to that registered by EPA, and it shall be used in
accordance with such label and labeling.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are
established for residues of the insecticide cyfluthrin
, cyano[4-fluoro-
3-phenoxyphenyl]-methyl-3-[2,2-dichloroethenyl]-2,2-dimethyl-
cyclopropanecarboxylate in connection with use of the pesticide under
section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. These tolerances will
expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the following table.

Commodity - Time Limited Tolerances

As of
September 25,
2003

PPM

As of
January 24,
2004

PPM

As of
February 11,
2005,

PPM

Expiration/revocation date: 

GRAPE

 

1.0 1.0  - 6/30/03

GRAPE, RAISIN

 

1.5 1.5 

-

6/30/03
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

New as of September 13, 2005:
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(n), are established for residues of cyfluthrin in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
Commodity Parts per million 
Grass, forage 6.0
Grass, hay 8.0

[53 FR 1924, Jan. 25, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 27643, June 30, 1989; 60
FR 28354, May 31, 1995; 60 FR 33357, June 28, 1995; 60 FR 34876, July 5,
1995; 61 FR 10681, Mar. 15, 1996; 61 FR 39886, July 31, 1996; 62 FR
25523, May 9, 1997; 62 FR 63018, 63019, Nov. 26, 1997; 64 FR 35067, June
30, 1999; 66 FR 27473, May 17, 2001; 67 FR 60991, Sept. 27, 2002]

 
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