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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.
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[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
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(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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