[Title 40 CFR 185.3800]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)]
[Subchapter E - PESTICIDE PROGRAMS]
[Part 185 - TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDES IN FOOD]
[Subpart B - Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption]
[Sec. 185.3800 - Magnesium phosphide.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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  Sec. 185.3800
  
    PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)
    PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
    TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDES IN FOOD
    Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
  


Sec. 185.3800  Magnesium phosphide.

    The food additive magnesium phosphide may be safely used in 
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
    (a) It is used to generate phosphine in the fumigation of processed 
foods.
    (b) To assure safe use of the additive, it is used in compliance 
with the label and labeling conforming to that registered with the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. The labeling shall bear a warning to 
aerate the finished food for 48 hours before it is offered to the 
consumer. A further warning shall state that under no condition should 
the formulation containing magnesium phosphide be used so that it or its 
unreacted residues will come in contact with any processed food.
    (c) Residues of phosphine in or on processed foods do not exceed 
0.01 part per million.

[43 FR 56040, Nov. 30, 1978. Redesignated at 53 FR 24667, June 29, 1988]