(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide amitraz (N'-[2,4-dimethylphenyl]-N-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)imino]methyl]]-N-methylmethanimidamide), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring amitraz residues convertible to 2,4-dimethylaniline, expressed as the stoichiometric equivalent of amitraz, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Cattle, fat 0.1
Cattle, meat 0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.2
Hog, fat 0.1
Hog, kidney 0.1
Hog, liver 0.1
Hog, meat 0.05
Hog, meat byproducts 0.3
Honey 0.2
Honeycomb 9
Milk 0.03
Milk, fat 0.2

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[44 FR 70145, Dec. 6, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 16846, May 7, 1986; 52 FR 5767, Feb. 26, 1987; 57 FR 53568, Nov. 12, 1992; 58 FR 14316, Mar. 17, 1993; 60 FR 12704, Mar. 8, 1995; 67 FR 49616, July 31, 2002; 72 FR 53454, Sept. 19, 2007; 74 FR 47456, Sept. 16, 2009; 78 FR 17133, Mar. 20, 2013; 80 FR 72598, Nov. 20, 2015]


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