§ 180.1164 - Food and food by-products; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.

(a) Meat meal, a sterilized food by-product, is exempt from the requirement of a tolerance on all raw agricultural commodities when used as an olfactory animal repellent.

(b) Red pepper (Capsicum spp.) is exempt from the requirement of a tolerance on all raw agricultural commodities when used as a gustatory animal repellent.

(c) Corn gluten (CAS Reg. No. 66071-96-3) is exempt from the requirement of a tolerance on all food commodities when used as an herbicide in accordance with good agricultural practice.

(d) Any edible food commodity (except for peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and wheat) used as a pesticide is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance when used in accordance with good agricultural practice in or on all food commodities. This exemption shall not apply to any edible food commodity that is adulterated under section 342 of Title 21 of the United States Code. The term edible food commodity means a food that is widely consumed for its nutrient properties. The term only applies to food in the form it is sold or distributed to the public for consumption.