(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the plant regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] in or on food commodities as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Apple...................................................... 5.0Apple, juice............................................... 10.0Barley, bran............................................... 5.0Barley, grain.............................................. 2.0Barley, straw.............................................. 10.0Blackberry................................................. 30.0Blueberry.................................................. 20.0Cantaloupe................................................. 2.0Cattle, fat................................................ 0.02Cattle, kidney............................................. 1.0Cattle, meat............................................... 0.02Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney..................... 0.2Cherry..................................................... 10.0Coffee, bean, green........................................ 0.5Cotton, gin byproducts..................................... 180.0Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 6.0Cucumber................................................... 0.1Egg........................................................ 0.002Goat, fat.................................................. 0.02Goat, kidney............................................... 1.0Goat, meat................................................. 0.02Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney....................... 0.2Grape...................................................... 2.0Grape, raisin.............................................. 12.0Hazelnut................................................... 0.80Hog, fat................................................... 0.02Hog, kidney................................................ 1.0Hog, meat.................................................. 0.02Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney........................ 0.2Horse, fat................................................. 0.02Horse, kidney.............................................. 1.0Horse, meat................................................ 0.02Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney...................... 0.2Milk....................................................... 0.01Nut, macadamia............................................. 0.5Pepper..................................................... 30.0Pineapple.................................................. 2.0Poultry, fat............................................... 0.02Poultry, liver............................................. 0.05Poultry, meat.............................................. 0.01Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver..................... 0.01Sheep, fat................................................. 0.02Sheep, kidney.............................................. 1.0Sheep, meat................................................ 0.02Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney...................... 0.2Sugarcane, molasses........................................ 1.5Tomato..................................................... 2.0Walnut..................................................... 0.5Wheat, bran................................................ 5.0Wheat, germ................................................ 5.0Wheat, grain............................................... 2.0Wheat, middlings........................................... 5.0Wheat, shorts.............................................. 5.0Wheat, straw............................................... 10.0------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. A tolerance with regional registration, as defined in Sec. 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]