40 CFR 180.472 – Imidacloprid; tolerances for residues
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide imidacloprid, 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 imidacloprid (1-[6-chloro-3-pyridinyl) methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of imidacloprid, in or on the following commodities:
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Acerola | 1.0 |
| Almond, hulls | 4.0 |
| Apple | 0.5 |
| Apple, wet pomace | 3.0 |
| Artichoke, globe | 2.5 |
| Aspirated grain fractions | 240 |
| Atemoya | 0.30 |
| Avocado | 1.0 |
| Banana | 0.50 |
| Beet, sugar, molasses | 0.30 |
| Beet, sugar, roots | 0.05 |
| Beet, sugar, tops | 0.50 |
| Biriba | 0.30 |
| Blueberry | 3.5 |
| Borage, seed | 0.05 |
| Caneberry, subgroup 13-A | 2.5 |
| Canistel | 1.0 |
| Canola, seed | 0.05 |
| Cattle, fat | 0.30 |
| Cattle, meat | 0.30 |
| Cattle, meat byproducts | 0.30 |
| Cherimoya | 0.30 |
| Citrus, dried pulp | 5.0 |
| Coffee, bean, green | 0.80 |
| Cotton, gin byproducts | 4.0 |
| Cotton, meal | 8.0 |
| Cotton, undelinted seed | 6.0 |
| Crambe, seed | 0.05 |
| Cranberry | 0.05 |
| Currant | 3.5 |
| Custard apple | 0.30 |
| Egg | 0.02 |
| Elderberry | 3.5 |
| Feijoa | 1.0 |
| Fish | 0.05 |
| Fish-shellfish, mollusc | 0.05 |
| Flax, seed | 0.05 |
| Fruit, citrus, group 10 | 0.70 |
| Fruit, pome, group 11 | 0.6 |
| Fruit, stone, group 12 | 3.0 |
| Goat, fat | 0.30 |
| Goat, meat | 0.30 |
| Goat, meat byproducts | 0.30 |
| Gooseberry | 3.5 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, forage, except rice | 7.0 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, hay, except rice | 6.0 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, stover, except rice | 0.30 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, straw, except rice | 3.0 |
| Grain, cereal, group 15, except rice | 0.05 |
| Grape | 1.0 |
| Grape, juice | 1.5 |
| Grape, raisin | 1.5 |
| Guava | 1.0 |
| Herbs subgroup 19A, dried herbs | 48 |
| Herbs subgroup 19-A, fresh herbs | 8.0 |
| Hog, fat | 0.30 |
| Hog, meat | 0.30 |
| Hog, meat byproducts | 0.30 |
| Hop, dried cones | 6.0 |
| Horse, fat | 0.30 |
| Horse, meat | 0.30 |
| Horse, meat byproducts | 0.30 |
| Huckleberry | 3.5 |
| Ilama | 0.30 |
| Jaboticaba | 1.0 |
| Juneberry | 3.5 |
| Kava, leaves | 4.0 |
| Kava, roots | 0.40 |
| Leaf petioles subgroup 4B | 6.0 |
| Leafy greens subgroup 4A | 3.5 |
| Lettuce, head | 3.5 |
| Lettuce, leaf | 3.5 |
| Lingonberry | 3.5 |
| Longan | 3.0 |
| Lychee | 3.0 |
| Mango | 1.0 |
| Milk | 0.10 |
| Mustard, black, seed | 0.05 |
| Mustard, field, seed | 0.05 |
| Mustard, Indian, seed | 0.05 |
| Mustard, rapeseed, seed | 0.05 |
| Mustard, seed | 0.05 |
| Nut, tree, group 14 | 0.05 |
| Okra | 1.0 |
| Onion, dry bulbs, subgroup 3-07A | 0.15 |
| Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B | 2.5 |
| Papaya | 1.0 |
| Passionfruit | 1.0 |
| Peanut | 0.45 |
| Peanut, hay | 35 |
| Peanut, meal | 0.75 |
| Pecan | 0.05 |
| Persimmon | 3.0 |
| Pistachio | 0.05 |
| Pomegranate | 0.90 |
| Potato, chip | 0.40 |
| Potato, processed potato waste | 0.90 |
| Poultry, fat | 0.05 |
| Poultry, meat | 0.05 |
| Poultry, meat byproducts | 0.05 |
| Pulasan | 3.0 |
| Rambutan | 3.0 |
| Rapeseed, seed | 0.05 |
| Raspberry, wild | 2.5 |
| Safflower, seed | 0.05 |
| Salal | 3.5 |
| Sapodilla | 1.0 |
| Sapote, black | 1.0 |
| Sapote, mamey | 1.0 |
| Sheep, fat | 0.30 |
| Sheep, meat | 0.30 |
| Sheep, meat byproducts | 0.30 |
| Soursop | 0.30 |
| Soybean, forage | 8.0 |
| Soybean, hay | 35 |
| Soybean, meal | 4.0 |
| Soybean, seed | 3.5 |
| Spanish lime | 3.0 |
| Star apple | 1.0 |
| Starfruit | 1.0 |
| Strawberry | 0.50 |
| Sugar apple | 0.30 |
| Sunflower, seed | 0.05 |
| Tomato, paste | 6.0 |
| Tomato, puree | 3.0 |
| Vegetable, brassica leafy, group 5 | 3.5 |
| Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 | 0.5 |
| Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 | 1.0 |
| Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 | 4.0 |
| Vegetable, legume, group 6, except soybean | 4.0 |
| Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar beet | 0.40 |
| Watercress | 3.5 |
| Watercress, upland | 3.5 |
| Wax jambu | 1.0 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide imidacloprid, including its metabolites and degradates in connection with use of the pesticide under a Section 18 emergency exemption granted by EPA. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of imidacloprid (1-[6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of imidacloprid. These tolerances will expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the following table:
| Commodity | Parts per million | Expiration/revocation date |
|---|---|---|
| Sugarcane, cane | 6.0 | 12/31/18 |
| Sugarcane, molasses | 50 | 12/31/18 |
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of the insecticide imidacloprid, 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 imidacloprid (1-[6-chloro-3-pyridinyl) methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of imidacloprid, in or on the following commodities, when present therein as a result of the application of the pesticide to growing crops listed in this section and other non-food crops as follows:
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Rice, grain | 0.05 |
| Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7 | 2.5 |
| Vegetable, legume, group 6 | 0.3 |