The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
As regards nuts and dried fruits, the Agency received a petition to establish a new tolerance for residues of the fungicide mefenoxam metal N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)-DL-alaninate, in or on Tree Nut Group 14-12, at 0.3 ppm.