21 CFR § 556.540 - Progesterone.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s556.540"
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title: "21 CFR § 556.540 - Progesterone."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "556.540"
section_name: "Progesterone."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_number: "556"
part_name: "TOLERANCES FOR RESIDUES OF NEW ANIMAL DRUGS IN FOOD"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 342, 360b, 371."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 32993, July 11, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
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# 556.540 Progesterone.

(a) [Reserved]

(b) *Residues.* Residues of progesterone are not permitted in excess of the following increments above the concentrations of progesterone naturally present in untreated animals:

(1) *Cattle and sheep.* (i) Muscle: 5 ppb.

(ii) Liver: 15 ppb.

(iii) Kidney: 30 ppb.

(iv) Fat: 30 ppb.

(2) [Reserved]

(c) *Related conditions of use.* See §§ 522.1940 and 529.1940 of this chapter.