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APPENDIX 1-C
FRUIT, DRIED. US EPA Pesticide Residue Tolerances as of March 2004

March 23, 2004, Submission to US EPA
from Fluoride Action Network:
Objections and Request for a Hearing
RE: US EPA's January 23, 2004, Final Rule for Sulfuryl Fluoride.

 

Sulfuryl fluoride residue tolerances Inorganic fluoride PPM Sulfuryl fluoride PPM
FRUIT, DRIED, POSTHARVEST
(Other than Raisin)		 3.0 0.05


Question to EPA:

Clarification is needed on the fruits that come under the category: FRUIT, DRIED.
 Do the following fruits come under this category:

apricot, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, cherry, sweet and tart, cranberry, dewberry, grape, kiwifruit. Loganberry, melon, nectarine, peach, plum, prune, dried, raspberry, strawberry, youngberry.

They have fluoride tolerances of 7 ppm, except Kiwifruit which is 15 ppm, from the use of Cryolite.

If these fruits come under this category, has EPA calculated the total fluoride residues from both cryolite and Sulfuryl fluoride
If they have, the public has a right to know what they are.

Table 1. Summary of FRUIT, DRIED:
US EPA Pesticide Residue Tolerances as of March 1, 2004 *

Category

 Number of pesticides with approved residue tolerances ** Number of pesticide products that use NaF as an "inert" Number of applications for each pesticide product with NaF as an "inert" Estimated fluoride residue levels

FRUIT, DRIED

TABLE 2

18
unknown
unknown
unknown
Total

18

MAY BE MORE

Note:

* Not listed in this Table or the Tables below: pesticides with more than one tolerance in this category. For example, metabolites in some pesticides also receive residue tolerances.

** tolerances for Methyl bromide and/or its inorganic compounds are not included


Information for the following comes from an Online search on March 4, 2004 from
EPA's website: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/viewtols.htm

Table 2. FRUIT, DRIED - Residue Tolerances as of March 2004

Inorganic fluoride pesticide highlighted in blue
Fluorinated pesticide highlighted in green
Number Pesticide Crop Residue tolerance
PPM		 CFR Notes:
1 Cryolite Plum, prune, dried 
[cited in "FRUIT, STONE, GROUP 12"]
7
 180.145  
2 Oxyfluorfen DATE, DRIED
FRUIT
0.05
 180.381  
3 Metalaxyl APRICOT,
DRIED
4
 180.408  
4 Aluminum phosphide DATE, DRIED
FRUIT
0.1
 180.225  
5 Glyphosate DATE , DRIED
FRUIT
0.2
 180.364  
6 Hexythiazox DATE , DRIED
FRUIT
1
 180.448  
7 Malathion DATE , DRIED
FRUIT
8
 180.111  
8 Methyl parathion DATE , DRIED
FRUIT
1
 181.121  
9 Phosphine DATE , DRIED
FRUIT
0.1
 180.225  
10 Pyriproxyfen FIG, DRIED
FRUIT
1
 180.510 B.
11 Tetradifon FIG, DRIED
FRUIT
10
 180.174  
12 Clopyralid PLUM,
PRUNE,
DRIED
1.5
 180.431  
13 Cyhexatin PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
4
 180.144  
14 Fenbutatin-oxide PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
20
 180.362  
15 Fenhexamid PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
2.5
 180.553 N.
16 Formetanate hydrochloride PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
8
 180.276  
17 Hexythiazox PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
0.4
 180.448  
18 Metalaxyl PLUM,
 PRUNE,
DRIED
4
 180.408  

 

Notes.
B. EPA lists Pyriproxyfen:
Pyridine, 2-(1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy)ethoxy)-
N. EPA lists Fenhexamid:
Cyclohexanecarboxamide, N-(2,3-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-