On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Regulation 2022-10868 amending residue limits for Fluopicolide in products including peanuts and refined soybean oil, according to the Federal Register.
The EPA conducted a risk assessment of toxicity, dietary exposure, and effects on infants and young children and concluded that the following residue limits are safe. The proposed amendments are as follows:
| Merchandise |
Parts per million（ppm） |
| Animal feed, non-pasture, crop group18 |
0.5 |
| Cotton mill byproduct |
0.2 |
| Sorting grain |
0.07 |
| Cereals, crops Group 15 |
0.02 |
| Grain cereals, crop group 15, milling byproducts |
0.07 |
| Grain and cereal feed, forage and straw, crop group 16 |
0.5 |
| Grass, fodder, forage and hay, Crop group 17 |
0.5 |
| Oilseeds, Crop group 20 |
0.03 |
| Peanut |
0.03 |
| Peanut hay |
0.7 |
| Refined soybean oil |
0.03 |
| Legume leaves, crop group 7 |
0.2 |
| Legumes, crop group 6 |
0.02 |
It is understood that this regulation takes effect on May 23, 2022, and objections or requests for hearings must be filed by July 22, 2022.
