Permethrin; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis - and trans - isomers in or on the commodity. Table 1 to Paragraph ( a ) Commodity Parts per million Alfalfa, forage 20 Alfalfa, hay 45 Almond 0.05 Almond, hulls 20 Artichoke, globe 5.0 Arugula 50 Asparagus 2.0 Avocado 1.0 Broccoli 2.0 Brussels sprouts 1.0 Cabbage 6.0 Cattle, fat 1.5 Cattle, meat 0.10 Cattle, meat byproducts 0.10 Cauliflower 0.5 Celtuce 5 Cherry subgroup 12-12A 4 Corn, field, forage 50 Corn, field, stover 30 Corn, pop, stover 30 Corn, sweet, forage 50 Corn, sweet, stover 30 Cress, garden 50 Cress, upland 50 Dragon fruit 3 Egg 0.10 Eggplant 0.50 Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalks 5 Field corn subgroup 15-22C 0.05 Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05 Garlic, bulb 0.10 Grain, aspirated fractions 0.50 Goat, fat 1.5 Goat, meat 0.10 Goat, meat byproducts 0.10 Hazelnut 0.05 Hog, fat 0.05 Hog, meat 0.05 Hog, meat byproducts 0.05 Horse, fat 1.5 Horse, meat 0.10 Horse, meat byproducts 0.10 Horseradish 0.50 Kiwifruit 2.0 Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 5 Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A 50 Milk, fat (reflecting 0.88 ppm in whole milk) 3.0 Mushroom 5.0 Onion, bulb 0.10 Peach subgroup 12-12B 2 Pepper, bell 0.50 Pepper, black 2 0.1 Pistachio 0.10 Poultry, fat 0.15 Poultry, meat 0.05 Poultry, meat byproducts 0.05 Sheep, fat 1.5 Sheep, meat 0.10 Sheep, meat byproducts 0.10 Soybean, seed 0.05 Sweet corn subgroup 15-22D 0.1 Swiss chard 5 Tea, plucked leaves 1 20 Tomato 2.0 Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 1.5 Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 0.05 Walnut 0.05 Watercress 5.0 1 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on tea, plucked leaves as of July 28, 2020. 2 There are no United States registrations for use of permethrin on pepper, black as of August 3, 2026. (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved] (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of permethrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only permethrin [(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate], as the sum of its cis - and trans - isomers in or on the commodity. Commodity Parts per million Collards 15 Fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F 2 Grass, forage 15 Grass, hay 15 Papaya 1.0 Turnip, tops 10 Turnip, roots 0.20 (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] [72 FR 52019, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 85 FR 45335, July 28, 2020; 91 FR 1400, Jan. 14, 2026; 91 FR 48775, Aug. 3, 2026]