40 CFR § 180.204 - Dimethoate; tolerances for residues.

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title: "40 CFR § 180.204 - Dimethoate; tolerances for residues."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.204"
section_name: "Dimethoate; tolerances for residues."
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part_name: "TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD"
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# 180.204 Dimethoate; tolerances for residues.

(a) *General.* Tolerances are established for total residues of the insecticide dimethoate (*O*,*O*-dimethyl *S*-(*N*- methylcarbamoylmethyl) phosphorodithioate) including its oxygen analog (*O*,*O*-dimethyl *S*-(*N-* methylcarbamoylmethyl) phosphorothioate) in or on the following food commodities:

| Commodity | Parts per million |
| --- | --- |
| Alfalfa, forage | 2.0 |
| Alfalfa, hay | 2.0 |
| Bean, dry, seed | 2.0 |
| Bean, lima | 2.0 |
| Bean, snap, succulent | 2.0 |
| Blueberry | 1.0 |
| Broccoli | 2.0 |
| Cattle, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Cauliflower | 2.0 |
| Celery | 2.0 |
| Citrus, dried pulp | 5.0 |
| Corn, field, forage | 1.0 |
| Corn, field, grain | 0.1 |
| Corn, field, stover | 1.0 |
| Corn, pop, grain | 0.1 |
| Corn, pop, stover | 1.0 |
| Corn, sweet, forage | 1.0 |
| Cotton, undelinted seed | 0.1 |
| Egg | 0.02 |
| Endive | 2.0 |
| Goat, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Grapefruit | 2.0 |
| Hog, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Horse, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Kale | 2.0 |
| Lemon | 2.0 |
| Lettuce, leaf | 2.0 |
| Melon | 1.0 |
| Milk | 0.002 |
| Mustard greens | 2.0 |
| Orange | 2.0 |
| Pea | 2.0 |
| Pear | 2.0 |
| Pecan | 0.1 |
| Pepper | 2.0 |
| Potato | 0.2 |
| Poultry, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Safflower, seed | 0.1 |
| Sheep, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Sorghum, grain, forage | 0.1 |
| Sorghum, grain, grain | 0.1 |
| Sorghum, grain, stover | 0.1 |
| Soybean, forage | 2.0 |
| Soybean, hay | 2.0 |
| Soybean, seed | 0.05 |
| Swiss chard | 2.0 |
| Tangerine | 2.0 |
| Tomato | 2.0 |
| Turnip, roots | 0.2 |
| Turnip, tops | 2.0 |
| Wheat, forage | 2.0 |
| Wheat, grain | 0.04 |
| Wheat, hay | 2.0 |
| Wheat, straw | 2.0 |
| There are U.S. registrations as of August 16, 1996. |  |

(b) *Section 18 emergency exemptions.* [Reserved]

(c) *Tolerances with regional registrations.* Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for total residues of dimethoate including its oxygen analog in or on the following food commodities:

| Commodity | Parts per million |
| --- | --- |
| Asparagus | 0.15 |
| Brussels sprouts | 5.0 |
| Cherry, sweet | 2.0 |
| Cherry, tart | 2.0 |

(d) *Indirect or inadvertent residues.* [Reserved]

[65 FR 33697, May 24, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 6567, Feb. 11, 2004; 73 FR 53737, Sept. 17, 2008]