New USDA Tolerance

Technical Bulletin
Urgent Update

According to documents published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration* many pesticide residues, some of which are still present in rendered products today, have had their tolerances revoked. FDA policy for compounds present in regulated products which do not otherwise have established tolerances are considered actionable adulterations if any concentration is found to be present.

As detection methods become more sophisticated the levels of detection of pesticides and metabolite residues are lowered . As a consequence of these technological improvements, the actual actionable concentration is reduced (i.e. the level of pesticide residue at which FDA will take regulatory action is reduced). Thus , each advance in pesticide residue detection is a de facto reduction of the permissible level of residue present in regulated products.

Presented here is a list of these 24 recently revoked tolerances.

alpha-BHC
beta-BHC
delta-BHC
Aldrin
Dieldrin
Endrin
alpha-Chlordane
alpha-Chlordene
gamma-Chlordane
o,p'-DDE
p,p'-DDE
o,p'-TDE
p,p'-TDE
o,p"-DDT
p,p'-DDT
Toxaphene
Strobane
Mirex
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
gamma-Chlordene
cis-Nonachlor
trans-Nonachlor
oxychlordane


*Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Pesticide Glossary 2001