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§ 180.252 Tetrachlorvinphos; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the insecticide tetrachlorvinphos [(Z)-2-chloro-1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl) vinyl dimethyl phosphate], including its metabolites, 1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-ethanol (free and conjugated forms), 2,4,5-trichloroacetophenone, and 1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-ethanediol, in or on the following commodities:

Commodity Parts per
million
Cattle, fat (of which no more than 0.1 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.2
Cattle, kidney (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 1.0
Cattle, liver (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.5
Cattle, meat (of which no more than 2.0 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 2.0
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver 1.0
Egg (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.2
Hog, fat (of which no more than 0.1 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.2
Hog, kidney (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 1.0
Hog, liver (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.5
Hog, meat (of which no more than 2.0 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 2.0
Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver 1.0
Milk, fat (reflecting negligible residues in whole milk and of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 0.05
Poultry, fat (of which no more than 7.0 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 7.0
Poultry, liver (of which no more than 0.05 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 2.0
Poultry, meat (of which no more than 3.0 ppm is tetrachlorvinphos per se) 3.0
Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver 2.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[76 FR 57659, Sept. 16, 2011, as amended at 78 FR 15882, Mar. 13, 2013; 78 FR 53684, Aug. 30, 2013]