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§ 180.300 - Ethephon; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] in or on food commodities as follows:

Commodity Parts per million Apple5.0 Apple, juice10.0 Barley, bran5.0 Barley, grain2.0 Barley, straw10.0 Blackberry30.0 Blueberry20.0 Cantaloupe2.0 Cattle, fat0.02 Cattle, kidney1.0 Cattle, meat0.02 Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney0.2 Cherry10.0 Coffee, bean, green0.5 Cotton, gin byproducts180.0 Cotton, undelinted seed6.0 Egg0.002 Goat, fat0.02 Goat, kidney1.0 Goat, meat0.02 Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney0.2 Grape2.0 Grape, raisin12.0 Hazelnut0.80 Hog, fat0.02 Hog, kidney1.0 Hog, meat0.02 Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney0.2 Horse, fat0.02 Horse, kidney1.0 Horse, meat0.02 Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney0.2 Milk0.01 Nut, macadamia0.5 Pepper30.0 Pineapple2.0 Poultry, fat0.02 Poultry, liver0.05 Poultry, meat0.01 Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver0.01 Sheep, fat0.02 Sheep, kidney1.0 Sheep, meat0.02 Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney0.2 Sugarcane, molasses1.5 Tomato2.0 Walnut0.5 Wheat, bran5.0 Wheat, germ5.0 Wheat, grain2.0 Wheat, middlings5.0 Wheat, shorts5.0 Wheat, straw10.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. A tolerance with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(m), of 0.1 part per million is established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on the food commodity sugarcane.

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[65 FR 33710, May 24, 2000, as amended at 72 FR 53455, Sept. 19, 2007; 75 FR 56015, Sept. 15, 2010; 80 FR 72598, Nov. 20, 2015]