---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 180.1153"
title: "40"
number: "180.1153"
heading: "Lepidopteran pheromones; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/180.1153"
---

# §180.1153. Lepidopteran pheromones; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.


Lepidopteran pheromones that are naturally occurring compounds, or identical or substantially similar synthetic compounds, designated by an unbranched aliphatic chain (between 9 and 18 carbons) ending in an alcohol, aldehyde or acetate functional group and containing up to 3 double bonds in the aliphatic backbone, are exempt from the requirement of a tolerance in or on all raw agricultural commodities. This exemption only pertains to those situations when the pheromone is: Applied to growing crops at a rate not to exceed 150 grams active ingredient/acre/year in accordance with good agricultural practices; and applied as a post-harvest treatment to stored food commodities at a rate not to exceed 3.5 grams active ingredient/1,000 ft 2/year (equivalent to 150 grams active ingredient/acre/year) in accordance with good agricultural practices.


## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 45399, Aug. 9, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 45399, Aug. 9, 2006]