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40 CFR § 180.517 - Fipronil; tolerances for residues.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s180.517"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 180.517 - Fipronil; tolerances for residues."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.517"
section_name: "Fipronil; tolerances for residues."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.517 Fipronil; tolerances for residues.

(a) *General.* Therefore, tolerances are established for combined residues of the insecticide fipronil (5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) and its metabolites 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and its photodegradate 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile in or on the following items at the levels specified:

| Commodity | Parts per million |
| --- | --- |
| Cattle, fat | 0.40 |
| Cattle, liver | 0.10 |
| Cattle, meat | 0.04 |
| Cattle, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.04 |
| Corn, field, grain | 0.02 |
| Corn, field, stover | 0.30 |
| Corn, field, forage | 0.15 |
| Egg | 0.03 |
| Goat, fat | 0.40 |
| Goat, liver | 0.10 |
| Goat, meat | 0.04 |
| Goat, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.04 |
| Hog, fat | 0.04 |
| Hog, liver | 0.02 |
| Hog, meat | 0.01 |
| Hog, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.01 |
| Horse, fat | 0.40 |
| Horse, liver | 0.10 |
| Horse, meat | 0.04 |
| Horse, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.04 |
| Milk, fat (reflecting 0.05 ppm in whole milk) | 1.50 |
| Potato | 0.03 |
| Potato, wet peel | 0.10 |
| Poultry, fat | 0.05 |
| Poultry, meat | 0.02 |
| Poultry, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Rice, grain | 0.04 |
| Sheep, fat | 0.40 |
| Sheep, liver | 0.10 |
| Sheep, meat | 0.04 |
| Sheep, meat byproducts, except liver | 0.04 |

(b) *Section 18 emergency exemptions..* Time-limited tolerances are established for combined residues of the insecticide, fipronil, 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl)-4-((1,R,S)-trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl)-1-H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and its 2 metabolites MB45950 (5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-4-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) and MB46136 (5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile) and its photodegradate MB46513 (5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile), in connection with use of the pesticide under Section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. The tolerances expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the table for this paragraph.

| Commodity | Parts per million | Expiration/revocation date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rutabaga | 1.0 | 12/31/16 |
| Turnip | 1.0 | 12/31/16 |

(c) *Tolerances with regional registrations.* [Reserved]

(d) *Indirect or inadvertent residues.* Tolerances are established for combined indirect or inadvertent residues of the insecticide fipronil and its metabolites and photodegradate in or on food commodities when present therein as a result of the application of fipronil to growing crops listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section and other nonfood crops to read as follows:

| Commodity | Parts per million |
| --- | --- |
| Wheat, forage | 0.02 |
| Wheat, grain | 0.005 |
| Wheat, hay | 0.03 |
| Wheat, straw | 0.03 |

[62 FR 62979, Nov. 26, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 38495, July 17, 1998; 72 FR 46913, Aug. 22, 2007; 74 FR 46377, Sept. 9, 2009; 75 FR 80346, Dec. 22, 2010; 78 FR 78748, Dec. 27, 2013; 80 FR 72599, Nov. 20, 2015]