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§ 180.491 - Propylene oxide; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the fumigant propylene oxide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table in this paragraph. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only propylene oxide, when used as a postharvest fumigant, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per
million
Cacao bean, cocoa powder200 Cacao bean, dried bean200 Fig3.0 Garlic, dried300 Grape, raisin1.0 Herbs and spices, group 19, dried300 Nut, pine300 Nut, tree, group 14300 Nutmeat, processed, except peanuts300 Onion, dried300 Pistachio300 Plum, prune, dried2.0

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of the reaction product, propylene chlorohydrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table in this paragraph. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of propylene chlorohydrin (1-chloro-2-propanol), and its isomer 2-chloro-1-propanol, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of propylene chlorohydrin (1-chloro-2-propanol), that results from the use of propylene oxide as a postharvest fumigant, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per
million
Basil, dried leaves6000 Cacao bean, cocoa powder20.0 Cacao bean, dried bean20.0 Fig3.0 Garlic, dried6000 Grape, raisin4.0 Herbs and spices, group 19, dried, except basil1500 Nut, pine10.0 Nut, tree, group 1410.0 Nutmeat, processed, except peanuts10.0 Onion, dried6000 Pistachio10.0 Plum, prune, dried2.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[65 FR 33702, May 24, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 39430, July 1, 2003; 72 FR 49651, Aug. 29, 2007; 73 FR 54963, Sept. 24, 2008; 76 FR 38037, June 29, 2011; 77 FR 28495, May 15, 2012]