---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 180.151"
title: "40"
number: "180.151"
heading: "Ethylene oxide; tolerances for residues."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/180.151"
---

# §180.151. Ethylene oxide; tolerances for residues.

- (a) **General.**
  - (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the antimicrobial agent and insecticide ethylene oxide, when used as a postharvest fumigant in or on the following food commodities:
  - (2) Tolerances are established for residues of the ethylene oxide reaction product, 2-chloroethanol, commonly referred to as ethylene chlorohydrin, when ethylene oxide is used as a postharvest fumigant in or on food commodities as follows:
- (b) **Section 18 emergency exemptions.** [Reserved]
- (c) **Tolerances with regional registrations.** [Reserved]
- (d) **Indirect or inadvertent residues.** [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 33695, May 24, 2000, as amended at 74 FR 46696, Sept. 11, 2009]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[65 FR 33695, May 24, 2000, as amended at 74 FR 46696, Sept. 11, 2009]