Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 180  /  Sec. 180.242 Thiabendazole; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of thiabendazole, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of thiabendazole (2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its metabolite benzimidazole (free and conjugated), calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of thiabendazole, in or on the commodity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Parts per

Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Alfalfa, forage............................................ 0.02Alfalfa, hay............................................... 0.02Apple, wet pomace.......................................... 12.0Avocado \1\................................................ 10.0Banana, postharvest........................................ 3.0Barley, grain.............................................. 0.05Barley, hay................................................ 0.30Barley, straw.............................................. 0.30Bean, dry, seed............................................ 0.1Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A....................... 0.02Cantaloupe \1\............................................. 15.0Carrot, roots, postharvest................................. 10.0Citrus, oil................................................ 15.0Corn, field, forage........................................ 0.01Corn, field, grain......................................... 0.01Corn, field, stover........................................ 0.01Corn, pop, forage.......................................... 0.01Corn, pop, grain........................................... 0.01Corn, pop, stover.......................................... 0.01Corn, sweet, forage........................................ 0.01Corn, sweet, kernels plus cop with husks removed........... 0.01Corn, sweet, stover........................................ 0.01Fruit, citrus, group 10, postharvest....................... 10.0Fruit, pome, group 11, postharvest......................... 5.0Mango...................................................... 10.0Mushroom................................................... 40.0Oats, forage............................................... 0.30Oats, grain................................................ 0.05Oats, hay.................................................. 0.30Oats, straw................................................ 0.30Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A................................ 0.02Papaya, postharvest........................................ 5.0Potato, postharvest........................................ 10.0Radish, tops............................................... 0.02Rye, forage................................................ 0.30Rye, grain................................................. 0.05Rye, straw................................................. 0.30Soybean.................................................... 0.1Spinach.................................................... 0.02Strawberry \1\............................................. 5.0

Sweet potato (postharvest to sweet potato intended only for 0.05

use as seed)..............................................Triticale, forage.......................................... 0.30Triticale, grain........................................... 0.05Triticale, hay............................................. 0.30Triticale, straw........................................... 0.30Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9............................... 0.02Vegetable, root (except sugarbeet), subgroup 1B............ 0.02Wheat, forage.............................................. 0.30Wheat, grain............................................... 0.05Wheat, hay................................................. 0.30Wheat, straw............................................... 0.30------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\There are no U.S. registrations on the indicated commodity.

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of thiabendazole, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of thiabendazole (2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its metabolites 5-hydroxythiabendazole (free and conjugated) and benzimidazole (free and conjugated), calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of thiabendazole, in or on the commodity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Parts per

Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Cattle, meat................................................ 0.1Cattle, meat byproducts..................................... 0.4Goat, meat byproducts....................................... 0.4Hog, meat byproducts........................................ 0.3Horse, meat byproducts...................................... 0.4Milk........................................................ 0.1Sheep, meat byproducts...................................... 0.4------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional exemptions. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] [42 FR 32783, June 28, 1977]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 180.242, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.