Unless specifically excluded, residues resulting from the use of the following substances as either an inert or an active ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation, including antimicrobial pesticide chemicals, are exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA section 408, if such use is in accordance with good agricultural or manufacturing practices.

(a) Commonly consumed food commodities. Commonly consumed food commodities means foods that are commonly consumed for their nutrient properties. The term commonly consumed food commodities shall only apply to food commodities (whether a raw agricultural commodity or a processed commodity) in the form the commodity is sold or distributed to the public for consumption.

(1) Included within the term commonly consumed food commodities are:

(i) Sugars such as sucrose, lactose, dextrose and fructose, and invert sugar and syrup.

(ii) Spices such as cinnamon, cloves, and red pepper.

(iii) Herbs such as basil, anise, or fenugreek.

(2) Excluded from the term commonly consumed food commodities are:

(i) Any food commodity that is adulterated under 21 U.S.C. 342.

(ii) Both the raw and processed forms of peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and wheat.

(iii) Alcoholic beverages.

(iv) Dietary supplements.

(b) Animal feed items. Animal feed items means meat meal and all items derived from field crops that are fed to livestock excluding both the raw and processed forms of peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and wheat. Meat meal is an animal feed composed of dried animal fat and protein that has been sterilized. Other than meat meal, the term animal feed item does not extend to any item designed to be fed to animals that contains, to any extent, components of animals. Included within the term animal feed items are:

(1) The hulls and shells of the commodities specified in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, and cocoa bean.

(2) Bird feed such as canary seed.

(3) Any feed component of a medicated feed meeting the definition of an animal feed item.

(c) Edible fats and oils. Edible fats and oils means all edible (food or feed) fats and oils, derived from either plants or animals, whether or not commonly consumed, including products derived from hydrogenating (food or feed) oils, or liquefying (food or feed) fats.

(1) Included within the term edible fats and oils are oils (such as soybean oil) that are derived from the commodities specified in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section when such oils are highly refined via a solvent extraction procedure.

(2) Excluded from the term edible fats and oils are plant oils used in the pesticide chemical formulation specifically to impart their characteristic fragrance and/or flavoring.

(d) [Reserved]

(e) Specific chemical substances. Residues resulting from the use of the following substances as either an inert or an active ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation, including antimicrobial pesticide chemicals, are exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA section 408, if such use is in accordance with good agricultural or manufacturing practices.

Open Table
Chemical CAS No.
Acetic acid, sodium salt 127-09-3
Alpha-cyclodextrin 10016-20-3
Amylopectin, acid-hydrolyzed, 1-octenylbutanedioate 113894-85-2
Amylopectin, hydrogen 1-octadecenylbutanedioate 125109-81-1
Animal glue None
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) 50-81-7
Beeswax 8012-89-3
Benzoic acid, sodium salt 532-32-1
Beta-cyclodextrin 7585-39-9
Carbonic acid, monopotassium salt 298-14-6
Carbonic acid, monosodium salt (sodium bicarbonate) 144-55-8
Carnauba wax 8015-86-9
Carob gum (locust bean gum) 9000-40-2
Castor oil 8001-79-4
Castor oil, hydrogenated 8001-78-3
Cellulose 9004-34-6
Cellulose acetate 9004-35-7
Cellulose, carboxy methyl ether, sodium salt 9004-32-4
Cellulose, 2-hydroxyethyl ether 9004-62-0
Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl ether 9004-64-2
Cellulose, 2-hydroxypropyl methyl ether 9004-65-3
Cellulose, methyl ether 9004-67-5
Cellulose, mixture with cellulose carboxymethyl ether, sodium salt 51395-75-6
Cellulose, pulp 65996-61-4
Cellulose, regenerated 68442-85-3
Citric acid 77-92-9
Citric acid, 2-(acetyloxy)-, tributyl ester 77-90-7
Citric acid, calcium salt 7693-13-2
Citric acid, calcium salt (2:3) 813-94-5
Citric acid, dipotassium salt 3609-96-9
Citric acid, disodium salt 144-33-2
Citric acid, monohydrate 5949-29-1
Citric acid, monopotassium salt 866-83-1
Citric acid, monosodium salt 18996-35-5
Citric acid, potassium salt 7778-49-6
Citric acid, triethyl ester 77-93-0
Citric acid, tripotassium salt 866-84-2
Citric acid, tripotassium salt, monohydrate 6100-05-6
Citric acid, sodium salt 994-36-5
Citric acid, trisodium salt 68-04-2
Citric acid, trisodium salt, dihydrate 6132-04-3
Citric acid, trisodium salt, pentahydrate 6858-44-2
Coffee grounds 68916-18-7
Dextrins 9004-53-9
1,3-Dioxolan-2-one, 4-methyl-(propylene carbonate) 108-32-7
Fumaric acid 110-17-8
Gamma-cyclodextrin 17465-86-0
Gellan gum 71010-52-1
D-Glucitol (sorbitol) 50-70-4
Glycerol (glycerin) (1,2,3-propanetriol) 56-81-5
Guar gum 9000-30-0
Humic acid 1413-93-6
Humic acid, potassium salt 68514-28-3
Humic acid, sodium salt 68131-04-4
Lactic acid, n-butyl ester 138-22-7
Lactic acid, n-butyl ester, (S) 34451-19-9
Lactic acid, ethyl ester 97-64-3
Lactic acid, ethyl ester,(S) 687-47-8
Lanolin 8006-54-0
Lecithins 8002-43-5
Lecithins, soya 8030-76-0
Licorice Extract 68916-91-6
Maltodextrin 9050-36-6
Paper None
Potassium chloride 7447-40-7
2-Propanol (isopropyl alcohol) 67-63-0
Red cabbage color, expressed from edible red cabbage heads via a pressing process using only acidified water None
Silica, amorphous, fumed (crystalline free) 112945-52-5
Silica, amorphous, precipitated and gel 7699-41-4
Silica gel 63231-67-4
Silica gel, precipitated, crystalline-free 112926-00-8
Silica, hydrate 10279-57-9
Silica, vitreous 60676-86-0
Soap (The water soluble sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids produced by either the saponification of fats and oils, or the neutralization of fatty acid) None
Sorbic acid, potassium salt 24634-61-5
Soapbark (Quillaja saponin) 1393-03-9
Sodium alginate 9005-38-3
Sodium chloride 7647-14-5
Syrups, hydrolyzed starch, hydrogenated 68425-17-2
Ultramarine blue (C.I. Pigment Blue 29) 57455-37-5
Urea 57-13-6
Vanillin 121-33-5
Xanthan gum 11138-66-2

[67 FR 36537, May 24, 2002]


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