180.571—Mesotrione; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide mesotrione, 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 mesotrione, 2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl]-1,3-cyclohexanedione, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
Commodity Parts per million
Asparagus 0.01
Berry, group 13 0.01
Corn, field, forage 0.01
Corn, field, grain 0.01
Corn, field, stover 0.01
Corn, pop, grain 0.01
Corn, pop, stover 0.01
Corn, sweet, forage 0.5
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.01
Corn, sweet, stover 1.5
Cranberry 0.02
Flax, seed 0.01
Grass, forage 0.01
Grass, hay 0.01
Grass, seed screenings 0.10
Grass, straw 0.10
Lingonberry 0.01
Millet, forage 0.01
Millet, grain 0.01
Millet, hay 0.02
Millet, straw 0.02
Oat, forage 0.01
Oat, grain 0.01
Oat, hay 0.01
Oat, straw 0.01
Okra 0.01
Rhubarb 0.01
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.01
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.01
Sorghum, grain, stover 0.01
Sorghum, sweet 0.01
Soybean, seed 0.01
Sugarcane, cane 0.01
(b) emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

Code of Federal Regulations

[66 FR 33195, June 21, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 45656, July 10, 2002; 68 FR 273, Jan. 3, 2003; 69 FR 58310, Sept. 30, 2004; 70 FR 14551, Mar. 23, 2005; 72 FR 71802, Dec. 19, 2007; 73 FR 1512, Jan. 9, 2008; 73 FR 9226, Feb. 20, 2008; 74 FR 67123, Dec. 18, 2009; 76 FR 34886, June 15, 2011]