Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 21, 2024
§ 180.261 - Phosmet; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), and its oxygen analog, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of phosmet, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage20
Alfalfa, hay40
Almond, hulls10
Apple10
Apricot5
Blueberry10
Cattle, fat0.2
Cattle, meat0.1
Cattle, meat byproducts0.1
Cherry10
Cranberry10
Fruit, citrus, group 105
Goat, fat0.1
Goat, meat0.1
Goat, meat byproducts0.1
Grape10
Hog, fat0.2
Hog, meat0.04
Hog, meat byproducts0.04
Horse, fat0.1
Horse, meat0.1
Horse, meat byproducts0.1
Kiwifruit25
Milk0.1
Nectarine5
Nut, tree, group 140.1
Pea, dry, seed0.5
Pea, field, hay20
Pea, field, vines10
Pea, succulent1
Peach10
Pear10
Plum, prune, fresh5
Potato0.1
Sheep, fat0.1
Sheep, meat0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts0.1
Sweet potato, roots12

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration are established for residues of the insecticide phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in this paragraph is to be determined by measuring only the sum of phosmet, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate), and its oxygen analog, N-(mercaptomethyl) phthalimide S-(O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of phosmet, in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million
Crabapple20
Pistachio0.1

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[43 FR 46538, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 8981, Feb. 11, 1980; 48 FR 37213, Aug. 17, 1983; 52 FR 48539, Dec. 23, 1987; 53 FR 657, Jan. 11, 1988; 53 FR 39090, Oct. 5, 1988; 63 FR 57075, Oct. 26, 1998; 67 FR 49616, July 31, 2002; 74 FR 46698, Sept. 11, 2009; 75 FR 60242, Sept. 29, 2010]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371
source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 180.261