Fluazinam
CAS No. 79622-59-6
US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities
 
 

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A February 16, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Fluazinam (and its metabolite in or on grape): this fungicide is permitted in or on 3 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances. 

Note: On April 18, 2002, US EPA established an import tolerance for residues of fluazinam and its metabolite AMGT3 in or on wine grapes at 3.0 ppm. ISK BioSciences Corporation requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.574]
[Page 510-511]

TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
IN FOOD--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Specific Tolerances

Sec. 180.574 Fluazinam; tolerances for residues.
(a)(1) General. Tolerances are established for residues of
fluazinam, (3-
chloro-N-[3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]-5-
(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinamine) in or on the following commodities:
Commodity Parts per million
Peanut
0.02
Potato 0.02
(a)(2) Tolerances are established for residues of fluazinam and its
metabolite AMGT 3-
[[4-amino-3-[[3-chloro-5-(trifloromethyl)-2-
pyridinyl]amino]-2-nitro-6-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl] thio]-2-(beta-D-
glucopyranosyloxy) propionic acid) in or on the following commodity:
Wine grape /1/ 3.0
/1/ No US registration as of March 15, 2002.
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[66 FR 46738, Sept. 7, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 19130, Apr. 18, 2002]

 
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