Regulation & law · 20/12/2006

EPA Establishes Time-Limited Tolerances for Metconazole Residues in Various Food Commodities

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted an emergency exemption under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to use the pesticide metconazole on soybeans, resulting in the establishment of time-limited tolerances for residues of the fungicide in various food commodities, which will expire on December 31, 2010.