(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.

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Almond 10.10
Apple 17.0
Apricot 17.0
Blueberry 17.0
Cherry, sweet 17.0
Cherry, tart 17.0
Grape 7.0
Hazelnut 0.10
Huckleberry 7.0
Peach 7.0
Pear 17.0
Pecan 0.10
Quince 17.0
Strawberry 7.0
Tomato 17.0

1Some 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]


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