Title 40

SECTION 180.116

180.116 Ziram; tolerances for residues.

§ 180.116 Ziram; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the fungicide ziram (zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below as a result of the application of ziram. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring total dithiocarbamates, determined as CS2, evolved during acid digestion and expressed as zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate.

Commodity Parts per million
Almond 1 0.10
Apple 1 7.0
Apricot 1 7.0
Blueberry 1 7.0
Cherry, sweet 1 7.0
Cherry, tart 1 7.0
Grape 7.0
Hazelnut 0.10
Huckleberry 7.0
Peach 7.0
Pear 1 7.0
Pecan 0.10
Quince 1 7.0
Strawberry 7.0
Tomato 1 7.0

1 Some of these tolerances were established on the basis of data acquired at the public hearings held in 1950 (formerly § 180.101) and the remainder were established on the basis of pesticide petitions presented under the procedure specified in the amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by Public Law 518, 83d Congress (68 Stat. 511).

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[68 FR 39437, July 1, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 54432, Sept. 15, 2006; 73 FR 54959, Sept. 24, 2008; 77 FR 59123, Sept. 26, 2012; 82 FR 57860, Dec. 8, 2017]