Pyraflufen-ethyl - CAS No. 129630-19-9
and its metabolite
Pyraflufen - CAS No. 129630-17-7
US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities
 
 

Return to Index Page

A February 16, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Pyraflufen-ethyl (and its acid metabolite): this herbicide is permitted in or on 13 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances. 

Note: On April 30, 2003, US EPA approved the first-time use of Pyraflufen and Pyraflufen-ethyl in or on food commodities.

[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: 40CFR180.585]
[Page 514]

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. 180.585 Pyraflufen-ethyl; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the
herbicide pyraflufen-ethyl
(ethyl 2-chloro-5-(4-chloro-5-
difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluorophenoxyacetate) and
its acid metabolite
, E-1 (2-chloro-5-(4-chloro-5-difluoromethoxy-1-
methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4- fluorophenoxyacetic acid), in or on the
following raw agricultural commodities:
Commodity Parts per million
Corn, field, forage 0.01
Corn, field, grain 0.01
Corn, field, stover 0.01
Cotton, gin byproduct 1.5
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.04
Potato 0.02
Soybean, forage 0.01
Soybean, hay 0.01
Soybean, seed 0.01
Wheat, forage 0.1
Wheat, grain 0.01
Wheat, hay 0.1
Wheat, straw 0.01
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]


[68 FR 23055, Apr. 30, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 27739, May 21, 2003; 69
FR 26312, May 12, 2004]

 
Fluoride Action Network | Pesticide Project | 315-379-9200 | pesticides@fluoridealert.org