40 CFR § 180.378 - Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

§ 180.378 Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage 20
Alfalfa, hay 45
Almond 0.05
Almond, hulls 20
Artichoke, globe 5.0
Arugula 50
Asparagus 2.0
Avocado 1.0
Broccoli 2.0
Brussels sprouts 1.0
Cabbage 6.0
Cattle, fat 1.5
Cattle, meat 0.10
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.10
Cauliflower 0.5
Celtuce 5
Cherry subgroup 12-12A 4
Corn, field, forage 50
Corn, field, stover 30
Corn, pop, stover 30
Corn, sweet, forage 50
Corn, sweet, stover 30
Cress, garden 50
Cress, upland 50
Dragon fruit 3
Egg 0.10
Eggplant 0.50
Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks 5
Field corn subgroup 15-22C 0.05
Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05
Garlic, bulb 0.10
Grain, aspirated fractions 0.50
Goat, fat 1.5
Goat, meat 0.10
Goat, meat byproducts 0.10
Hazelnut 0.05
Hog, fat 0.05
Hog, meat 0.05
Hog, meat byproducts 0.05
Horse, fat 1.5
Horse, meat 0.10
Horse, meat byproducts 0.10
Horseradish 0.50
Kiwifruit 2.0
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 5
Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A 50
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) 3.0
Mushroom 5.0
Onion, bulb 0.10
Peach subgroup 12-12B 2
Pepper, bell 0.50
Pistachio 0.10
Poultry, fat 0.15
Poultry, meat 0.05
Poultry, meat byproducts 0.05
Sheep, fat 1.5
Sheep, meat 0.10
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.10
Soybean, seed 0.05
Sweet corn subgroup 15-22D 0.1
Swiss chard 5
Tea, plucked leaves 1 20
Tomato 2.0
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 1.5
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 0.05
Walnut 0.05
Watercress 5.0

1 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on tea, plucked leaves as of July 28, 2020.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis- and trans- isomers in or on the commodity.

Commodity Parts per million
Collards 15
Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F 2
Grass, forage 15
Grass, hay 15
Papaya 1.0
Turnip, tops 10
Turnip, roots 0.20

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[72 FR 52019, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 85 FR 45335, July 28, 2020; 91 FR 1400, Jan. 14, 2026]