EPA Sets Pesticide Tolerances for Coffee, Cucurbits, Cotton and Strawberries
The Environmental Protection Agency set pesticide tolerances for thiamethoxam in or on coffee (here), and emamectin benzoate in or on the cucurbit vegetable crop group 9 (which includes cucumbers, squash, watermelon, and muskmelon) (here). The agency also revised its pesticide tolerance for abamectin in or on cotton and strawberries (here). All of the new tolerances are effective March 27. Objections and requests for hearings must be submitted by May 28.
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(Federal Register 03/27/13)