[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: 40CFR180.5]

[Page 323]
 
                   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 A_Definitions and Interpretative Regulations
 
Sec. 180.5  Zero tolerances.

    A zero tolerance means that no amount of the pesticide chemical may 
remain on the raw agricultural commodity when it is offered for 
shipment. A zero tolerance for a pesticide chemical in or on a raw 
agricultural commodity may be established because, among other reasons:
    (a) A safe level of the pesticide chemical in the diet of two 
different species of warm-blooded animals has not been reliably 
determined.
    (b) The chemical is carcinogenic to or has other alarming 
physiological effects upon one or more of the species of the test 
animals used, when fed in the diet of such animals.
    (c) The pesticide chemical is toxic, but is normally used at times 
when, or in such manner that, fruit, vegetables, or other raw 
agricultural commodities will not bear or contain it.
    (d) All residue of the pesticide chemical is normally removed 
through good agricultural practice such as washing or brushing or 
through weathering or other changes in the chemical itself, prior to 
introduction of the raw agricultural commodity into interstate commerce.