[Title 40 CFR 185.4300]
[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. 185.4300 - Methyl formate.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Sec. 185.4300
PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)
PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDES IN FOOD
Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
Sec. 185.4300 Methyl formate.
The food additive methyl formate may be safely used in or on
specified dried fruits in accordance with the following prescribed
conditions:
(a) It is used or intended for use in or on raisins and dried Zante
currants as a bulk and package fumigant.
(b) It is used in accordance with directions registered with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and so used that the total formic
acid present, free and combined in the finished product shall not exceed
250 parts per million.
(c) To assure safe use of the additive, its label and labeling shall
conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.