(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for emamectin, 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 the sum of emamectin (a mixture of a minimum of 90% 4′-epi-methylamino-4′-deoxyavermectin B1a and maximum of 10% 4′-epi-methylamino-4′-deoxyavermectin B1b) and its metabolites 8,9-isomer of the B1a and B1b component of the parent (8,9-ZMA), or 4′-deoxy-4′-epi-amino-avermectin B1a and 4'-deoxy-4′-epi-amino-avermectin B1b; 4′-deoxy-4′-epi-amino avermectin B1a (AB1a); 4′-deoxy-4′-epi-(N-formyl-N-methyl)amino-avermectin (MFB1a); and 4′-deoxy-4′-epi-(N-formyl)amino-avermectin B1a (FAB1a), calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of emamectin.

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Almond, hulls 0.20
Apple, wet pomace 0.075
Artichoke, globe 0.05
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B 0.2
Celtuce 0.1
Cherry subgroup 12-12A 0.09
Cotton, gin byproducts 0.050
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.025
Fennel, florence, fresh leaves and stalk 0.1
Fruit, pome, group 11-10 0.02
Grape, wine1 0.03
Herb subgroup 19A 0.4
Kohlrabi 0.05
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 0.1
Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A 1
Nut, tree, group 14-12 0.02
Tomato, paste 0.150
Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16 0.05
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.02
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 0.02

1There are no U.S. registrations for use of emamectin on grape, wine.

(2) Tolerances are established for emamectin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table is to be determined by measuring only the sum of emamectin (MAB1a + MAB1b isomers) and the associated 8,9-Z isomers (8,9-ZB1a and 8,9-ZB1b).

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Cattle, fat 0.010
Cattle, liver 0.050
Cattle, meat 0.003
Cattle, meat byproducts, except liver 0.020
Goat, fat 0.010
Goat, liver 0.050
Goat, meat 0.003
Goat, meat byproducts, except liver 0.020
Hog, fat 0.003
Hog, liver 0.020
Hog, meat 0.002
Hog, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005
Horse, fat 0.010
Horse, liver 0.050
Horse, meat 0.003
Horse, meat byproducts, except liver 0.020
Milk 0.003
Sheep, fat 0.010
Sheep, liver 0.050
Sheep, meat 0.003
Sheep, meat byproducts, except liver 0.020

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect and inadvertant residues. [Reserved]

[71 FR 18649, Apr. 12, 2006, as amended at 74 FR 2873, Jan. 16, 2009; 78 FR 18511, Mar. 27, 2013; 78 FR 49939, Aug. 16, 2013; 84 FR 44725, Aug. 27, 2019]


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