§ 180.108
Acephate; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of acephate per se (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) in or on the following food commodities 1:
Commodity 1
Parts per million
Bean, dry, seed
3.0
Bean, succulent
3.0
Brussels sprouts
3.0
Cattle, fat
0.1
Cattle, meat
0.1
Cattle, meat byproducts
0.1
Cauliflower
2.0
Celery
10
Cotton, hulls
1.0
Cotton, meal
1.0
Cotton, undelinted seed
0.5
Cranberry
0.5
Egg
0.1
Goat, fat
0.1
Goat, meat
0.1
Goat, meat byproducts
0.1
Hog, fat
0.1
Hog, meat
0.1
Hog, meat byproducts
0.1
Horse, fat
0.1
Horse, meat
0.1
Horse, meat byproducts
0.1
Lettuce, head
10
Milk
0.1
Peanut
0.2
Pepper
4.0
Peppermint, tops
27
Poultry, fat
0.1
Poultry, meat
0.1
Poultry, meat byproducts
0.1
Sheep, fat
0.1
Sheep, meat
0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts
0.1
Spearmint, tops
27
Soybean, seed
1.0
1Residues of the acephate metabolite, methamidophos, are regulated under 40 CFR 180.315
(2) A food tolerance of 0.02 ppm is established for residues of acephate per se (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) as follows:
(i) In or on all food items (other than those already covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food handling establishments.
(ii) The acephate may be present as a residue from applications of acephate in food handling establishments, including food service, manufacturing and processing establishments, such as restaurants, cafeterias, supermarkets, bakeries, breweries, dairies, meat slaughtering and packing plants, and canneries in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(A) Application shall be limited solely to spot and/or crack and crevice treatment in food handling establishments where food and food products are held, processed, prepared and served. Spray concentration shall be limited to a maximum of 1.0 percent active ingredient. For crack and crevice treatments, equipment capable of delivering a pin-stream of insecticide shall be used. For spot treatments, a coarse, low-pressure spray shall be used to avoid atomization or splashing of the spray. Contamination of food or food-contact surfaces shall be avoided.
(B) To assure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling shall conform to that registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registration. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(m), are established for residues of acephate per se (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) in or on the following food commodities:
Commodity
Parts per million
Nut, macadamia
0.05
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
[63 FR 13542, Mar. 20, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 49615, July 31, 2002; 73 FR 5108, Jan. 29, 2008]