40 CFR § 180.905 - Pesticide chemicals; exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s180.905"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 180.905 - Pesticide chemicals; exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.905"
section_name: "Pesticide chemicals; exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance."
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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# 180.905 Pesticide chemicals; exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance.
(a) When applied to growing crops, in accordance with good agricultural practice, the following pesticide chemicals are exempt from the requirement of a tolerance:
(1) Petroleum oils.
(2) Piperonyl butoxide.
(3) Pyrethrins.
(4) Sabadilla.
(b) When applied to growing crops, in accordance with good agricultural practice, the pesticides rotenone or derris or cube roots are exempt from the requirement of a tolerance. There are no U.S. registrations for use of rotenone, derris, or cube roots on food commodities as of March 23, 2011.
(c) These pesticides are not exempted from the requirement of a tolerance when applied to a crop at the time of or after harvest.
[77 FR 59128, Sept. 26, 2012]