§ 180.418 - Cypermethrin and isomers alpha-cypermethrin and zeta-cypermethrin; tolerances for residues.  


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  • § 180.418 Cypermethrin and isomers alpha-cypermethrin and zeta-cypermethrin; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General.

    (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide cypermethrin (±)alpha cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (±)cis,trans-3(2,2-dichloroethenyl-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or on the following commodities:

    Commodity Parts per million

    commodities in table 1 to paragraph (a)(1).

    Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)

    Commodity Parts per
    million
    Allspice1 0.5
    Angelica, seed1 0.2
    Anise pepper1 0.5
    Asafoetida1 0.2
    Ashwagandha fruit1 0.5
    Batavia-cassia, fruit1 0.5
    Belleric myrobalan1 0.5
    Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A2.0
    Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B14.0
    Calamus-root1 0.2
    Caper buds1 0.5
    Cardamom, black1 0.5
    Cardamom, Ethiopian1 0.5
    Cardamom, green1 0.5
    Cardamom, Nepal1 0.5
    Cardamom-amomum1 0.5
    Cassia, fruit1 0.5
    Cassia, Chinese, fruit1 0.5
    Cattle, fat1.0
    Cattle, meat0.2
    Cattle, meat byproducts0.05
    Chaste tree, Chinese, roots1 0.2
    Chinese hawthorne1 0.5
    Chinese-pepper1 0.5
    Cinnamon, fruit1 0.5
    Cinnamon, Saigon, fruit1 0.5
    Coptis1 0.2
    Coriander, fruit1 0.5
    Coriander, seed1 0.2
    Cotton, gin byproducts11.0
    Cotton, undelinted seed0.5
    Cumin, black1 0.5
    Dorrigo pepper, berry1 0.5
    Dorrigo pepper, leaf1 0.5
    Egg0.05
    Eucalyptus1 0.5
    Fingerroot1 0.2
    Gamboge1 0.5
    Grains of Selim1 0.5
    Goat, fat1.0
    Goat, meat0.2
    Goat, meat byproducts0.05
    Hog, fat0.1
    Hog, meat0.05
    Horse, fat1.0
    Horse, meat0.2
    Horse, meat byproducts0.05
    Jalap1 0.2
    Juniper, berry1 0.5
    Lettuce, head4.0
    Lovage, root1 0.2
    Lovage, seed1 0.2
    Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk)2.5
    Miracle fruit1 0.5
    Onion, bulb0.1
    Onion, green6.0
    Pecan0.05
    Pepper, black1 0.5
    Pepper, Indian long1 0.5
    Pepper, Javanese, long1 0.5
    Pepper, pink1 0.5
    Pepper, Sichuan1 0.5
    Pepper, white1 0.5
    Pepperbush, berry1 0.5
    Pepperbush, leaf1 0.5
    Peppercorn, green1 0.5
    Peppertree1 0.5
    Peppertree, Peruvian1 0.5
    Poultry, fat0.05
    Poultry, meat0.05
    Saunders, red1 0.5
    Sheep, fat1.0
    Sheep, meat0.2
    Sheep, meat byproducts0.05
    Sumac, fragrant1 0.5
    Sumac, smooth, leaf1 0.5
    Tamarind, seed1 0.5
    Tasmanian, pepper, berry1 0.5
    Tea, dried1 15
    Tsaoko1 0.5
    Vanilla1 0.5
    Yellow gentian, roots1 0.2

    (2) Tolerances are established for residues of zeta-cypermethrin, (S-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl) methyl (±))(cis-trans 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2 dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table is to be determined by measuring only total cypermethrin, cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, in or on the commodity.

    Table 2 to Paragraph (a)(2)

    Commodity Parts per
    million
    Alfalfa, forage15
    Alfalfa, hay30
    Alfalfa, seed0.50
    Almond, hulls6
    Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage8
    Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay40
    Artichoke, globe0.60
    Avocado0.50
    Barley, grain3.0
    Barley, hay6.0
    Barley, straw20.0
    Basil, dried leaves40
    Basil, fresh leaves7
    Bean, adzuki, dry seed0.05
    Bean, American potato, dry seed0.05
    Bean, asparagus, dry seed0.05
    Bean, asparagus, edible podded0.7
    Bean, black, dry seed0.05
    Bean, broad, dry seed0.05
    Bean, broad, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, catjang, dry seed0.05
    Bean, catjang, edible podded0.7
    Bean, catjang, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, cranberry, dry seed0.05
    Bean, dry, dry seed0.05
    Bean, field, dry seed0.05
    Bean, French, dry seed0.05
    Bean, French, edible podded0.7
    Bean, garden, dry seed0.05
    Bean, garden, edible podded0.7
    Bean, goa, dry seed0.05
    Bean, goa, edible podded0.7
    Bean, goa, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, great northern, dry seed0.05
    Bean, green, dry seed0.05
    Bean, green, edible podded0.7
    Bean, guar, dry seed0.05
    Bean, guar, edible podded0.7
    Bean, kidney, dry seed0.05
    Bean, kidney, edible podded0.7
    Bean, lablab, dry seed0.05
    Bean, lablab, edible podded0.7
    Bean, lablab, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, lima, dry seed0.05
    Bean, lima, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, morama, dry seed0.05
    Bean, moth, dry seed0.05
    Bean, moth, edible podded0.7
    Bean, moth, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, mung, dry seed0.05
    Bean, mung, edible podded0.7
    Bean, navy, dry seed0.05
    Bean, navy, edible podded0.7
    Bean, pink, dry seed0.05
    Bean, pinto, dry seed0.05
    Bean, red, dry seed0.05
    Bean, rice, dry seed0.05
    Bean, rice, edible podded0.7
    Bean, scarlet runner, dry seed0.05
    Bean, scarlet runner, edible podded0.7
    Bean, scarlet runner, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, snap, edible podded0.7
    Bean, sword, dry seed0.05
    Bean, sword, edible podded0.7
    Bean, tepary, dry seed0.05
    Bean, urd, dry seed0.05
    Bean, urd, edible podded0.7
    Bean, wax, edible podded0.7
    Bean, wax, succulent shelled0.1
    Bean, yardlong, dry seed0.05
    Bean, yardlong, edible podded0.7
    Bean, yellow, dry seed0.05
    Beet, sugar, roots0.05
    Beet, sugar, tops0.20
    Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4–16B14
    Buckwheat, grain3.0
    Buckwheat, hay6.0
    Buckwheat, straw20.0
    Bushberry subgroup 13–07B0.8
    Caneberry subgroup 13–07A0.8
    Canistel0.50
    Castor oil plant, refined oil0.4
    Cattle, fat1.00
    Cattle, meat0.2
    Cattle, meat byproducts0.05
    Celtuce10
    Chickpea, dry seed0.05
    Chickpea, edible podded0.7
    Chickpea, succulent shelled0.1
    Chinese tallowtree, refined oil0.4
    Citrus, dried pulp1.8
    Citrus, oil4.0
    Corn, field, forage9.0
    Corn, field, grain0.05
    Corn, field, stover30
    Corn, pop, grain0.05
    Corn, pop, stover30
    Corn, sweet, forage15.00
    Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed0.05
    Corn, sweet, stover15.00
    Cottonseed subgroup 20C0.5
    Cowpea, dry seed0.05
    Cowpea, edible podded0.7
    Cowpea, succulent shelled0.1
    Egg0.05
    Euphorbia, refined oil0.4
    Evening primrose, refined oil0.4
    Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalk10
    Food commodities/feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments0.05
    Fruit, citrus, group 101 0.35
    Fruit, pome, group 11–102
    Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13–07F2
    Fruit, stone, group 12–122
    Goat, fat1.00
    Goat, meat0.2
    Goat, meat byproducts0.05
    Grain, aspirated fractions10.0
    Gram, horse, dry seed0.05
    Grapefruit subgroup 10–10C0.5
    Grass, forage, fodder, and hay, group 17, forage10
    Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay35
    Grass pea, dry seed0.05
    Grass pea, edible podded0.7
    Hog, fat0.1
    Hog, meat0.05
    Horse, fat1.00
    Horse, meat0.2
    Horse, meat byproducts0.05
    Jackbean, dry seed0.05
    Jackbean, edible podded0.7
    Jackbean, succulent shelled0.1
    Jojoba, refined oil0.4
    Kohlrabi2
    Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B10
    Leafy greens subgroup 4–16A10
    Lemon/Lime subgroup 10–10B0.3
    Lentil, dry seed0.05
    Lentil, edible podded0.7
    Lentil, succulent shelled0.1
    Longbean, Chinese, dry seed0.05
    Longbean, Chinese, edible podded0.7
    Lupin, Andean, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, Andean, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, blue, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, blue, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, grain, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, grain, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, sweet white, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, sweet white, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, sweet, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, sweet, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, white, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, white, succulent shelled0.1
    Lupin, yellow, dry seed0.05
    Lupin, yellow, succulent shelled0.1
    Mango0.70
    Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk)2.50
    Niger seed, refined oil0.4
    Nut, tree, group 14–120.05
    Oat, grain3.0
    Oat, hay6.0
    Oat, straw20.0
    Onion, bulb, subgroup 3–07A0.1
    Onion, green, subgroup 3–07B3
    Orange subgroup 10–10A0.3
    Papaya0.50
    Pea, blackeyed, dry seed0.05
    Pea, blackeyed, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, crowder, dry seed0.05
    Pea, crowder, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, dry, dry seed0.05
    Pea, dwarf, edible podded0.7
    Pea, English, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, field, dry seed0.05
    Pea, garden, dry seed0.05
    Pea, garden, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, green, dry seed0.05
    Pea, green, edible podded0.7
    Pea, green, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, pigeon, dry seed0.05
    Pea, pigeon, edible podded0.7
    Pea, pigeon, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, snap, edible podded0.7
    Pea, snow, edible podded0.7
    Pea, southern, dry seed0.05
    Pea, southern, succulent shelled0.1
    Pea, sugar snap, edible podded0.7
    Pea, winged, dry seed0.05
    Pea, winged, edible podded0.7
    Peanut0.05
    Poultry, fat0.05
    Poultry, meat0.05
    Quinoa, grain3
    Quinoa, hay6
    Quinoa, straw20
    Rapeseed subgroup 20A0.2
    Rice, grain1.50
    Rice, hulls6.00
    Rice, wild, grain1.5
    Rose hip, refined oil0.4
    Rye, grain3.0
    Rye, hay6.0
    Rye, straw20.0
    Sapodilla0.50
    Sapote, black0.50
    Sapote, mamey0.50
    Sheep, fat1.00
    Sheep, meat0.2
    Sheep, meat byproducts0.05
    Sorghum, grain, forage0.1
    Sorghum, grain, grain0.5
    Sorghum, grain, stover5.0
    Soybean, seed0.05
    Soybean, vegetable, dry seed0.05
    Soybean, vegetable, edible podded0.7
    Soybean, vegetable, succulent shelled0.1
    Star apple0.50
    Stokes aster, refined oil0.4
    Sugarcane, cane0.60
    Sunflower subgroup 20B0.2
    Sunflower, refined oil0.5
    Tallowwood, refined oil0.4
    Tea oil plant, refined oil0.4
    Teff, forage3
    Teff, grain0.3
    Teff, hay6
    Teff, straw7
    Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5–162
    Vegetable, cucurbit, group 90.2
    Vegetable, fruiting, group 8–100.2
    Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar beet0.1
    Velvetbean, dry seed0.05
    Velvetbean, edible podded0.7
    Velvetbean, succulent shelled0.1
    Vernonia, refined oil0.4
    Wheat, forage3.0
    Wheat, grain0.2
    Wheat, hay6.0
    Wheat, straw7.0
    Yam bean, African, dry seed0.05

    (3) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide, alpha-cypermethrin, (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (1S,3S)-rel-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only total cypermethrin, cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, in or on the commodity.

    Table 3 to Paragraph (a)(3)

    Commodity Parts per million
    Alfalfa, hay15
    Beet, sugar, roots0.05
    Beet, sugar, tops0.20
    Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A2.0
    Cattle, fat1.0
    Cattle, meat0.20
    Cattle, meat byproducts0.05
    Citrus, dried pulp1.8
    Citrus, oil4.0
    Corn, field, grain0.05
    Corn, pop, grain0.05
    Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed0.05
    Cotton, undelinted seed0.50
    Egg0.05
    Food commodities/feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a results of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments0.05
    Fruit, citrus, group 10–100.35
    Goat, fat1.0
    Goat, meat0.20
    Goat, meat byproducts0.05
    Hog, fat0.10
    Hog, meat0.05
    Horse, fat1.0
    Horse, meat0.20
    Horse, meat byproducts0.05
    Milk, fat, reflecting 0.10 ppm in whole milk2.5
    Nut, tree, group 14–120.05
    Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C0.05
    Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B0.10
    Poultry, fat0.05
    Poultry, meat0.05
    Rice, grain1.5
    Sheep, fat1.0
    Sheep, meat0.20
    Sheep, meat byproducts0.05
    Sorghum, grain, grain0.50
    Soybean, seed0.05
    Vegetable, cucurbit, group 90.20
    Vegetable, fruiting, group 8–100.20
    Vegetable, leafy, group 410
    Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A0.50
    Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar beet0.10
    Wheat, grain0.20

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

    [62 FR 63235, 63243, Nov. 26, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 48586, Sept. 11, 1998; 66 FR 47993, Sept. 17, 2001; 67 FR 6430, Feb. 12, 2002; 67 FR 56495, Sept. 4, 2002; 69 FR 71717, Dec. 10, 2004; 71 FR 78382, Dec. 29, 2006; 72 FR 53462, Sept. 19, 2007; 72 FR 71801, Dec. 19, 2007; 73 FR 1525, Jan. 9, 2008; 77 FR 72984, Dec. 7, 2012; 78 FR 7275, Feb. 1, 2013; 79 FR 73213, Dec. 10, 2014; 79 FR 77394, Dec. 24, 2014; 80 FR 45438, July 30, 2015; 80 FR 72599, Nov. 20, 2015; 83 FR 25943, June 5, 2018; 86 FR 41903, Aug. 4, 2021; 88 FR 68481, Oct. 4, 2023]