§ 180.533 - Esfenvalerate; tolerances for residues.  


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  • § 180.533 Esfenvalerate; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General.

    (1) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the insecticide esfenvalerate, (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate, its non-racemic isomer, (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and its diastereomers (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate, in or on food commodities as follows:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Almond 0.2
    Almond, hulls 5.0
    Apple 1.0
    Artichoke, globe 1.0
    Bean, dry, seed 0.25
    Bean, snap, succulent 1.0
    Beet, sugar, roots 0.05
    Beet, sugar, tops 5.0
    Blueberry 1.0
    Broccoli 1.0
    Cabbage, except Chinese cabbage 3.0
    Caneberry subgroup 13A 1.0
    Cantaloupe 0.5
    Carrot, roots 0.5
    Cattle, fat 1.5
    Cattle, meat 1.5
    Cattle, meat byproducts 1.5
    Cauliflower 0.5
    Collards 3.0
    Corn, field, forage 15.0
    Corn, field, grain 0.02
    Corn, field, stover 15.0
    Corn, pop, grain 0.02
    Corn, pop, stover 15.0
    Corn, sweet, forage 15.0
    Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.1
    Corn, sweet, stover 15.0
    Cotton, undelinted seed 0.2
    Cucumber 0.5
    Egg 0.03
    Eggplant 0.5
    Elderberry 1.0
    Fruit, stone, group 12 3.0
    Goat, fat 1.5
    Goat, meat 1.5
    Goat, meat byproducts 1.5
    Gooseberry 1.0
    Hazelnut 0.2
    Hog, fat 1.5
    Hog, meat 1.5
    Hog, meat byproducts 1.5
    Horse, fat 1.5
    Horse, meat 1.5
    Horse, meat byproducts 1.5
    Kiwifruit 0.5
    Lentil, seed 0.25
    Melon, honeydew 0.5
    Milk 0.3
    Milk, fat 7.0
    Muskmelon 0.5
    Mustard greens 5.0
    Okra 0.5
    Pea, dry, seed 0.25
    Pea, succulent 0.5
    Peanut 0.02
    Pear 1.0
    Pecan 0.2
    Pepper 0.5
    Potato 0.02
    Poultry, fat 0.3
    Poultry, liver 0.03
    Poultry, meat 0.03
    Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver 0.3
    Pumpkin 0.5
    Radish, roots 0.3
    Radish, tops 3.0
    Sheep, fat 1.5
    Sheep, meat 1.5
    Sheep, meat byproducts 1.5
    Sorghum, grain, forage 10.0
    Sorghum, grain, grain 5.0
    Sorghum, grain, stover 10.0
    Soybean, hulls 0.5
    Soybean, seed 0.05
    Squash, summer 0.5
    Squash, winter 0.5
    Sugarcane, cane 1.0
    Sunflower, seed 0.5
    Sweet potato, roots 0.05
    Tomato 0.5
    Turnip, greens 7.0
    Turnip, roots 0.5
    Walnut 0.2
    Watermelon 0.5

    (2) A tolerance of 0.05 ppm on raw agricultural food commodities (other than those food commodities already covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) is established for the combined residues of the insecticide esfenvalerate, (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate, its non-racemic isomer, (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and its diastereomers (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate as a result of the use of esfenvalerate in food-handling establishments.

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration are established for the combined residues of the insecticide esfenvalerate, (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate, its non-racemic isomer, (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and its diastereomers (S)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(R)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate and (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-(S)-4-chloro-α-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate, in or on food commodities as follows:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Cabbage, chinese, bok choy 1.0
    Kohlrabi 2.0
    Lettuce, head 5.0

    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

    [63 FR 23401, Apr. 29, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 48615, Sept. 11, 1998; 74 FR 46699, Sept. 11, 2009]