§ 180.1116 - Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.

(a) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established forthe microbial pest control agent Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 onall raw agricultural commodities in accordance with the following prescribedconditions:

(1) Application shall be limited solely to placement of attractantstations containing Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1.

(2) To ensure safe use of the microbial pest control agent, itslabel and labeling shall conform to that registered by the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.

(b) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established allowing the use of the microbial pest-control agent Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 as follows:

(1) Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 may be present as a residue in food items as a result of application of Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 in food-handling establishments, including food service, manufacturing, and processing establishments such as restaurants, cafeterias, supermarkets, bakeries, breweries, dairies, meat-slaughtering and packing plants, and canneries where food and food products are held, processed, and served.

(2) Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 may be present as a residue in or on processed animal feeds as a result of application of Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 in feed-handling establishments, including areas where livestock and poultry feed is consumed, feed-manufacturing establishments and feed-processing establishments such as stores, supermarkets, dairies, poultry houses, livestock barns, meat-slaughtering and packing plants, and canneries, where feed and feed products are held, processed, sold and/or consumed by livestock or poultry.

(c) With respect to paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, application of the microbial pest control agent shall be limited solely to placement of attractant stations containing Metarhizium anisopliae strain ESF1 in food-handling establishments or in animal feed-handling establishments, andto ensure safe use of the microbial pest control agent, its label and labeling shall conform to that registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.

Effective Date Note:

At 69 FR 21962, Apr. 23, 2004, § 180.1116 was removed, effective July 22, 2004.