Fipronil
CAS No. 120068-37-3
US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities
 
 

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A February 13, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Fipronil: this insecticide (including its metabolitesis and its photodegradate) is permitted in or on 18 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.517]
[Page 489-490]

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. 180.517 Fipronil; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Therefore, tolerances are established for combined
residues of the insecticide fipronil
(5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-
pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) and its metabolites 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-
carbonitrile and 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]-4-
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[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and its
photodegradate
5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-
[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile in or on the
following items at the levels specified:
Commodity

As of
September 30,
2003

PPM

As of
February 14,
2005

PPM

CFR

Corn, field, forage 0.15 0.15 180.517
Corn, field, grain 0.02 0.02 180.517
Corn, field, stover 0.30 0.30 180.517
Egg 0.03 0.03 180.517
Fat of cattle, goat, horse and sheep Not listed this way 0.40 180.517
Hog Fat 0.04 0.04 180.517
Hog Liver 0.02 0.02 180.517
Hog Meat Byproducts, except liver 0.01 0.01 180.517
Hog Meat 0.01 0.01 180.517
Liver of cattle, goat, horse and sheep Not listed this way 0.10 180.517
Meat Byproducts, except liver of cattle, goat, horse and sheep Not listed this way 0.04 180.517
Meat of cattle, goat, horse and sheep Not listed this way 0.04 180.517
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.05 ppm in whole milk) 1.50 1.50 180.517
Poultry Fat 0.05 0.05 180.517
Poultry Meat 0.02 0.02 180.517
Poultry Meat Byproducts 0.02 0.02 180.517
Rice, grain 0.04 0.04 180.517
Rice, straw 0.10 0.10 180.517
CATTLE, FAT 0.40 Not listed this way 180.517
CATTLE, LIVER 0.10 Not listed this way 180.517
CATTLE, MBYP (EXC LIVER) 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
CATTLE, MEAT 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
GOAT, FAT 0.40 Not listed this way 180.517
GOAT, LIVER 0.10 Not listed this way 180.517
GOAT, MBYP (EXC. LIVER) 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
GOAT, MEAT 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
HORSE, FAT 0.40 Not listed this way 180.517
HORSE, LIVER 0.10 Not listed this way 180.517
HORSE, MBYP (EXC. LIVER) 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
HORSE, MEAT 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
SHEEP, FAT 0.40 Not listed this way 180.517
SHEEP, LIVER 0.10 Not listed this way 180.517
SHEEP, MBYP (EXC LIVER) 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
SHEEP, MEAT 0.04 Not listed this way 180.517
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[62 FR 62979, Nov. 26, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 38495, July 17, 1998]

 
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