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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1704/Add.1 
18 October 2007  
 (07-4505) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 15 Octo ber 2007, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Spinetoram;  Pesticide Tolerance
 
 
By means of this regulation, tolerances for residues of spinetoram (also known as XDE-175) 
in or on the following commodities are established at the following levels (in ppm): Acerola at 0.30; 
Almond, hulls at 2.0; Amaranth grain, grain at 1.0; Apple, wet pomace at 0.50; Artichoke, globe at 
0.30; Asparagus at 0.04; Atemoya at 0.30; Avocado at  0.30; Banana at 0.25; Beet, sugar, molasses at 
0.75; Biriba at 0.30; Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 2.0; Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 10; Bushberry, subgroup 13B at 0.25; Caneberry, s ubgroup 13A at 0.70; Canist el at 0.30; Cattle, fat 
at 5.5; Cattle, liver at 0.85; Cattle, meat at 0.20;  Cattle, meat byproducts (except liver) at 0.60; 
Cherimoya at 0.30; Citrus, dried pulp at 0.50; Citrus , oil at 3.0; Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with 
husks removed at 0.04; Cotton, gin byproducts at 1. 5; Cotton, undelinted seed at 0.04; Cranberry at 
0.04; Custard apple at 0.30; Egg at 0.04; Feijoa at 0.30; Fig at 0.10; Fruit, citrus, group 10 at 0.30; Fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.20; Fruit, stone, group 12 at  0.20; Goat, fat at 5.5; Goat, liver at 0.85; Goat, 
meat at 0.20; Goat, meat byproducts (except liver) at  0.60; Grain, aspirated fractions at  20; Grain, 
cereal, group 15, except rice, sorghum, pearl millet and proso millet at 0.04; Grain, cereal, group 16, 
forage at 3.5; Grain, cereal, group 16, hay at  10; Grain, cereal, group 16, stover at 10; Grain, cereal, 
straw, group 16, except rice at 1.0; Grape at 0.50; Gr ape, raisin at 0.70; Guava at 0.30; Herb, dried, 
subgroup 19A at 22; Herb, fresh, subgroup 19A at 3.0; H og, fat at 0.40; Hog, meat at 0.04; Hog, meat 
byproducts at 0.04; Horse, fat at 5.5; Horse, liver at 0.85; Horse, meat at 0.20; Horse, meat byproducts 
(except liver) at 0.60; Ilama at 0.30; Jaboticaba at 0.30; Juneberry at 0.25; Lingonberry at 0.25; 
Longan at 0.30; Lychee at 0.30; Mango at 0.30; Milk at 0.30; Milk, fat at 7.5; Millet, pearl, grain at 
1.0; Millet, proso, grain at 1.0; Nut, tree, group 14 at  0.04; Okra at 0.40; Onion, green at 2.0; Papaya 
at 0.30; Passionfruit at 0.30; Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C at 0.04; Pea 
and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B at 0.04; P eanut at 0.04; Peanut, hay at 11; Peppermint, tops 
at 3.5; Pistachio at 0.04; Poultry, fat at 0.10; Poultry, meat at 0.04; Poultry, meat byproducts at 0.04; 
Pulasan at 0.30; Rambutan at 0.30; Salal at 0.25;  Sapodilla at 0.30; Sapote, black at 0.30; Sapote, 
mamey at 0.30; Sapote, white at 0.30; Sheep, fat at  5.5; Sheep, liver at 0.85; Sheep, meat at 0.20; 
Sheep, meat products (except liver) at 0.60; Sorghum, grain, grain at 1.0; Soursop at 0.30; Soybean, seed at 0.04; Spanish lime at 0.30; Spearmint, tops at 3.5; Star apple at 0.30; Star fruit at 0.30; 
Strawberry at 1.0; Sugar apple at 0.30; Ti, leaves at 10; Vegetable, bulb, group 3, except green onion at 0.10; Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 0.30; Vegeta ble, foliage of legume, group 7 at 8.0; Vegetable, 
fruiting, group 8 at 0.40; Vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 at 8.0; Vegetable, leaves of root G/SPS/N/USA/1704/Add.1 
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  and tuber, group 2 at 10; Vegetable, legume, edible  podded, subgroup 6A at 0.30; Vegetable, root and 
tuber, group 1 at 0.10; Watercress  at 8.0; and Wax jambu at 0.30. 
 
This regulation is effective 10 October 2007.  Objections and requests for hearings must be 
received on or before 10 December 2007, and ma y be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0876. 
 
The full text of this addendum (Final Rule) can be found at the address below. 
Federal Register:  10 October 2007 (Volume 72, Number 195) Rules and Regulations Page 57492-
57500;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2007/October/Da y-10/p19947.htm
 
 
This action is subsequent to a proposed rule  published in the Federal Register of 23 May 
2007, in which the Agency announced receipt of a pesticide petition proposing changes to previous 
tolerances for residues of spinetoram when used  on the above commodities.  No comments were 
received in response to this petition. 
 
This notice can be found at:  Federal Regist er:  22 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 162) 
Notices Page 47008-47010; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/August/Day-
22/p16559.htm  
  
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720-
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
 
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