40 CFR 180.378 – Permethrin; tolerances for residues
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, 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 permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis– and trans– isomers in or on the commodity.
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Alfalfa, forage | 20 |
| Alfalfa, hay | 45 |
| Almond | 0.05 |
| Almond, hulls | 20 |
| Artichoke, globe | 5.0 |
| Asparagus | 2.0 |
| Avocado | 1.0 |
| Broccoli | 2.0 |
| Brussels sprouts | 1.0 |
| Cabbage | 6.0 |
| Cattle, fat | 1.5 |
| Cattle, meat | 0.10 |
| Cattle, meat byproducts | 0.10 |
| Cauliflower | 0.5 |
| Celtuce | 5 |
| Cherry subgroup 12-12A | 4 |
| Corn, field, forage | 50 |
| Corn, field, grain | 0.05 |
| Corn, field, stover | 30 |
| Corn, pop, grain | 0.05 |
| Corn, pop, stover | 30 |
| Corn, sweet, forage | 50 |
| Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed | 0.10 |
| Corn, sweet, stover | 30 |
| Egg | 0.10 |
| Eggplant | 0.50 |
| Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks | 5 |
| Fruit, pome, group 11 | 0.05 |
| Garlic, bulb | 0.10 |
| Grain, aspirated fractions | 0.50 |
| Goat, fat | 1.5 |
| Goat, meat | 0.10 |
| Goat, meat byproducts | 0.10 |
| Hazelnut | 0.05 |
| Hog, fat | 0.05 |
| Hog, meat | 0.05 |
| Hog, meat byproducts | 0.05 |
| Horse, fat | 1.5 |
| Horse, meat | 0.10 |
| Horse, meat byproducts | 0.10 |
| Horseradish | 0.50 |
| Kiwifruit | 2.0 |
| Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B | 5 |
| Leafy greens subgroup 4A | 20 |
| Lettuce, head | 20 |
| Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) | 3.0 |
| Mushroom | 5.0 |
| Onion, bulb | 0.10 |
| Peach subgroup 12-12B | 2 |
| Pepper, bell | 0.50 |
| Pistachio | 0.10 |
| Poultry, fat | 0.15 |
| Poultry, meat | 0.05 |
| Poultry, meat byproducts | 0.05 |
| Sheep, fat | 1.5 |
| Sheep, meat | 0.10 |
| Sheep, meat byproducts | 0.10 |
| Soybean, seed | 0.05 |
| Spinach | 20 |
| Swiss chard | 5 |
| Tea, plucked leaves 1 | 20 |
| Tomato | 2.0 |
| Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 | 1.5 |
| Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C | 0.05 |
| Walnut | 0.05 |
| Watercress | 5.0 |
1 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on tea, plucked leaves as of July 28, 2020.
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of permethrin, 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 permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis– and trans– isomers in or on the commodity.
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Collards | 15 |
| Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F | 2 |
| Grass, forage | 15 |
| Grass, hay | 15 |
| Papaya | 1.0 |
| Turnip, tops | 10 |
| Turnip, roots | 0.20 |
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]