[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.1076]

[Page 559-560]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS 
IN FOOD--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D_Exemptions From Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.1076  Viable spores of the microorganism Bacillus popilliae; 
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.

    (a) For the purposes of this section the microbial insecticide for 
which exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is being established 
shall have the following specifications:
    (1) The microorganism shall be an authentic strain of Bacillus 
popilliae conforming to the morphological and biochemical 
characteristics of Bacillus popilliae as described in Bergey's Manual of 
Determinative Bacteriology, Eighth Edition.
    (2) Spore preparations of Bacillus popilliae shall be produced by an 
extraction process from diseased Japanese beetles, and may contain a 
small percentage of the naturally occurring milky disease bacterium 
Bacillus lentimorbus.

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    (3) Each lot of spore preparation, prior to the addition of other 
materials, shall be tested by subcutaneous injection of at least 1 
million spores into each of five laboratory test mice weighing 17 grams 
to 23 grams. Such test shall show no evidence of infection of injury in 
the test animals when observed for 7 days following injection.
    (b) Exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established for 
residues of the microbial insecticide Bacillus popilliae, as specified 
in paragraph (a) of this section in or on pasture and rangeland forage 
when it is applied to growing crops in accordance with good agricultural 
practices.

[47 FR 38535, Sept. 1, 1982]