§180.1016. Ethylene; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.
40 C.F.R. § 180.1016
Ethylene is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance for residues when:
For all food commodities, it is used as a plant regulator on plants, seeds, or cuttings and on all food commodities after harvest and when applied in accordance with good agricultural practices.
Injected into the soil to cause premature germination of witchweed in bean (lima and string), cabbage, cantaloupe, collard, corn, cotton, cucumber, eggplant, okra, onion, pasture grass, pea (field and sweet), peanut, pepper, potato, sweet potato, sorghum, soybean, squash, tomato, turnip, and watermelon fields as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture witchweed control program.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[39 FR 33315, Sept. 17, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 19477, May 5, 1975; 64 FR 31505, June 11, 1999]
Authority
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.
Source
Source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[39 FR 33315, Sept. 17, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 19477, May 5, 1975; 64 FR 31505, June 11, 1999]