[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: 40CFR180.128]

[Page 354-356]
 
                   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 C_Specific Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.128  Pyrethrins; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. (1) Tolerances for residues of the insecticide 
pyrethrins (insecticidally active principles of Chrysanthemum 
cinerariaefolium) are established in or on the following food 
commodities:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Almond, postharvest..........................................   1
Apple, postharvest...........................................   1
Barley, postharvest..........................................   3
Bean, postharvest............................................   1
Birdseed, mixtures, postharvest..............................   3
Blackberry, postharvest......................................   1
Blueberry (huckleberry), postharvest.........................   1
Boysenberry, postharvest.....................................   1
Buckwheat, grain, postharvest................................   3
Cattle, fat..................................................   0.1(N)
Cattle, meat byproducts......................................   0.1(N)
Cattle, meat.................................................   0.1(N)
Cherry, postharvest..........................................   1
Cocoa bean, postharvest......................................   1
Coconut, copra, postharvest..................................   1
Corn (including popcorn), postharvest........................   3
Cottonseed, postharvest......................................   1
Crabapple, postharvest.......................................   1
Currant, postharvest.........................................   1
Dewberry, postharvest........................................   1
Egg..........................................................   0.1(N)
Fig, postharvest.............................................   1
Flaxseed, postharvest........................................   1
Goat, fat....................................................   0.1(N)
Goat, meat byproducts........................................   0.1(N)
Goat, meat...................................................   0.1(N)
Gooseberry, postharvest......................................   1
Grape, postharvest...........................................   1
Guava, postharvest...........................................   1
Hog, fat.....................................................   0.1(N)
Hog, meat byproducts.........................................   0.1(N)
Hog, meat....................................................   0.1(N)
Horse, fat...................................................   0.1(N)
Horse, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1(N)
Horse, meat..................................................   0.1(N)
Loganberry, postharvest......................................   1
Mango, postharvest...........................................   1
Milk fat (reflecting negligible residues in milk)............   0.5
Muskmelon, postharvest.......................................   1
Oat, postharvest.............................................   1
Oranges, postharvest.........................................   1
Peach, postharvest...........................................   1
Peanut (with shell removed), postharvest.....................   1
Pear, postharvest............................................   1
Pea, postharvest.............................................   1
Pineapple, postharvest.......................................   1
Plum, prune, fresh, postharvest..............................   1
Potato, postharvest..........................................   0.05
Poultry, fat.................................................   0.2
Poultry, meat byproducts.....................................   0.2
Poultry, meat................................................   0.2
Raspberry, postharvest.......................................   1
Rice, postharvest............................................   3
Rye, postharvest.............................................   3

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Sheep, fat...................................................   0.1(N)
Sheep, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1(N)
Sheep, meat..................................................   0.1(N)
Sorghum, grain, postharvest..................................   1
Sweet potato, postharvest....................................   0.05
Tomato, postharvest..........................................   1
Walnut, postharvest..........................................   1
Wheat, postharvest...........................................   3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Pyrethrins may be safely used in accordance with the following 
prescribed conditions:
    (i) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 
butoxide for control of insects:
    (A) In cereal grain mills and in storage areas for milled cereal 
grain products, whereby the amount of pyrethrins is from 10 percent to 
100 percent of the amount of piperonyl butoxide in the formulation.
    (B) On the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more 
capacity in amounts not exceeding 6 milligrams per square foot, whereby 
the amount of pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of 
piperonyl butoxide in the formulation. Such treated bags are to be used 
only for dried foods.
    (C) On cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity in amounts not 
exceeding 5.5 milligrams per square foot of cloth, whereby the amount of 
pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of piperonyl butoxide in 
the formulation. Such treated bags are constructed with waxed paper 
liners and are to be used only for dried foods that contain 4 percent 
fat or less.
    (D) In two-ply bags consisting of cellophane/polyolefin sheets bound 
together by an adhesive layer when it is incorporated in the adhesive. 
The treated sheets shall contain not more than 10 milligrams of 
pyrethrins per square foot (107.6 milligrams per square meter). Such 
treated bags are to be used only for packaging prunes, raisins, and 
other dried fruit and are to have a maximum ratio of 0.31 milligram of 
pyrethrins per ounce of fruit (0.01 milligram of pyrethrins per gram of 
product).
    (E) In food processing areas and food storage areas: Provided, That 
the food is removed or covered prior to such use.
    (ii) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 
butoxide and N-octylbicycloheptene dicarboximide for insect control in 
accordance with Sec. 180.367(a)(2).
    (iii) A tolerance of 1 part per million is established for residues 
of pyrethrins in or on:
    (A) Milled fractions derived from Grain, cereal when present as a 
result of its use in cereal grain mills and in storage areas for milled 
cereal grain products.
    (B) Dried foods when present as the result of migration from its use 
on the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more capacity.
    (C) Foods treated in accordance with Sec. 180.367(a)(2).
    (D) Dried foods that contain 4 percent fat, or less, when present as 
a result of migration from its use on the cloth of cotton bags of 50 
pounds or more capacity constructed with waxed paper liners.
    (E) Foods treated in accordance with paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(D) and 
(a)(2)(i)(E)) of this section.
    (iv) To assure safe use of the pesticide, its label and labeling 
shall conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.
    (v) Where tolerances are established on both the raw agricultural 
commodities and processed foods made therefrom, the total residues of 
pyrethrins in or on the processed food shall not be greater than that 
permitted by the larger of the two tolerances.
    (3) Pyrethrins may be safely used in accordance with the following 
prescribed conditions:
    (i) It is used or intended for use in combination with piperonyl 
butoxide for control of insects:
    (A) On the outer ply of multiwall paper bags of 50 pounds or more 
capacity in amounts not exceeding 6 milligrams per square foot.
    (B) On cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity in amounts not 
exceeding 5.5 milligrams per square foot of cloth. Such treated bags are 
constructed with waxed paper liners and are to be used only for dried 
feeds that contain 4 percent fat or less.

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    (ii) It is used in combination with piperonyl butoxide, whereby the 
amount of pyrethrins is equal to 10 percent of the amount of piperonyl 
butoxide in the formulation. Such treated bags are to be used only for 
dried feeds.
    (iii) A tolerance of 1 part per million is established for residues 
of pyrethrins when present as the result of migration:
    (A) In or on dried feeds from its use on the outer ply of multiwall 
paper bags of 50 pounds or more capacity.
    (B) In or on dried feeds that contain 4 percent fat, or less, from 
its use on cotton bags of 50 pounds or more capacity constructed with 
waxed paper liners.
    (iv) To assure safe use of the pesticide, its label and labeling 
shall conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    (v) Where tolerances are established on both raw agricultural 
commodities and processed foods made therefrom, the total residues of 
pyrethrins in or on the processed food shall not be greater than that 
permitted by the larger of the two tolerances.
    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[65 FR 33707, May 24, 2000]