Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 180  /  Sec. 180.408 Metalaxyl; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dmethylphyenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methylester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, and N-(2-hydroxy methyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methyl ester, each expressed as metalaxyl equivalents, in or on the following food commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Parts per

Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Alfalfa, forage............................................. 6.0Alfalfa, hay................................................ 20.0Almond...................................................... 0.5Almond, hulls............................................... 10.0Apple....................................................... 0.2Apple, wet pomace........................................... 0.4Apricot, dried.............................................. 4.0Asparagus................................................... 7.0Avocado..................................................... 4.0Beet, garden, roots......................................... 0.1Beet, garden, tops.......................................... 0.1Beet, sugar................................................. 0.1Beet, sugar, molasses....................................... 1.0Beet, sugar, roots.......................................... 0.5Beet, sugar, tops........................................... 10.0Blueberry................................................... 2.0Broccoli.................................................... 2.0Brussels sprouts............................................ 2.0Cabbage..................................................... 1.0Cattle, fat................................................. 0.4Cattle, kidney.............................................. 0.4Cattle, liver............................................... 0.4Cattle, meat................................................ 0.05Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............ 0.05Cauliflower................................................. 1.0Citrus, oil................................................. 7.0Citrus, dried pulp.......................................... 7.0Clover, forage.............................................. 1.0Clover, hay................................................. 2.5Cotton, undelinted seed..................................... 0.1Cranberry................................................... 4.0Egg......................................................... 0.05Fruit, citrus............................................... 1.0Fruit, stone, group 12...................................... 1.0Ginseng..................................................... 3.0Goat, fat................................................... 0.4Goat, kidney................................................ 0.4Goat, liver................................................. 0.4Goat, meat.................................................. 0.05Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver.............. 0.05Grain, cereal, group 15, except barley, oat and wheat....... 0.1Grain, crop................................................. 0.1Grape....................................................... 2.0Grape, raisin............................................... 6.0Grass, forage............................................... 10.0Grass, hay.................................................. 25.0Hog, fat.................................................... 0.4Hog, kidney................................................. 0.4Hog, liver.................................................. 0.4Hog, meat................................................... 0.05Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............... 0.05Hop, dried cones............................................ 20Hop, vines.................................................. 2.0Horse, fat.................................................. 0.4Horse, kidney............................................... 0.4Horse, liver................................................ 0.4Horse, meat................................................. 0.05Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............. 0.05Lettuce, head............................................... 5.0Milk........................................................ 0.02Mustard greens.............................................. 5.0Onion, bulb................................................. 3.0Onion, green................................................ 10.0Peanut...................................................... 0.2Peanut, hay................................................. 20.0Peanut, meal................................................ 1.0Peanut, hulls............................................... 2.0Pineapple................................................... 0.1Pineapple, fodder........................................... 0.1Pineapple, forage........................................... 0.1Plum, prune, dried.......................................... 4.0Potato, chips............................................... 4.0Potato, granules, flakes.................................... 4.0Potato, processed potato waste.............................. 4.0Potato, wet peel............................................ 4.0Poultry, fat................................................ 0.4Poultry, kidney............................................. 0.4Poultry, liver.............................................. 0.4Poultry, meat............................................... 0.05Poultry, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver........... 0.05Potato...................................................... 0.5Raspberry................................................... 0.5Sheep, fat.................................................. 0.4Sheep, kidney............................................... 0.4Sheep, liver................................................ 0.4Sheep, meat................................................. 0.05Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............. 0.05Soybean, hulls.............................................. 2.0Soybean, meal............................................... 2.0Soybean, seed............................................... 1.0Spinach..................................................... 10.0Strawberry.................................................. 10.0Sunflower, seed............................................. 0.1Sunflower, forage........................................... 0.1Tomato, paste............................................... 3.0Tomato, puree............................................... 3.0Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5, except broccoli, 0.1

cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and mustard greens.Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9................................ 1.0Vegetable, foilage of legume, group 7....................... 8.0Vegetable, fruiting, group 8................................ 1.0Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4, except spinach.. 5.0Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2................ 15.0Vegetable, legume, cannery waste............................ 5.0Vegetable, legume, group 6.................................. 0.2Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1.......................... 0.5Walnut...................................................... 0.5------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration (refer to Sec. 180.1(m)) are established for the combined residues of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, and N-(2-hydroxy methyl-6-methyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl, in or on the following raw agricultural commodity: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Parts per

Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Papaya...................................................... 0.1------------------------------------------------------------------------

(d) Indirect or inadvertent tolerances. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of metalaxyl in or on the food commodities when present therein as a result of the application of metalaxyl to growing crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section and other non-food crops to read as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Part per

Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Barley, bran................................................ 1.0Barley, flour............................................... 1.0Barley, grain............................................... 0.2Barley, pearled barley...................................... 1.0Barley, straw............................................... 2.0Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except 1.0

barley, oat, and wheat; forage.............................Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except 1.0

barley, oat, and wheat; stover.............................Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except 1.0

barley, oat, and wheat; straw..............................Oat, flour.................................................. 1.0Oat, forage................................................. 2.0Oat, grain.................................................. 0.2Oat, groats, rolled oats.................................... 1.0Oat, straw.................................................. 2.0Wheat, bran................................................. 1.0Wheat, flour................................................ 1.0Wheat, forage............................................... 2.0Wheat, germ................................................. 1.0Wheat, grain................................................ 0.2Wheat, middlings............................................ 1.0Wheat, shorts............................................... 1.0Wheat, straw................................................ 2.0------------------------------------------------------------------------ [65 FR 33700, May 24, 2000, as amended at 72 FR 35666, June 29, 2007; 74 FR 46374, Sept. 9, 2009; 75 FR 56015, Sept. 15, 2010]