The Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955

Table in Rule 65:

Tolerance Limits for insecticides

Name of insecticide	Food	Tolerance limit mg/kg (ppm).
1. Aldrin diedrin, (the limits apply to aldrin and dieldrin singly or in any combination and are expressed as dieldrin)	Foodgrains	0.01
	Milled Foodgrains	Nil
	Milk and Milk Products	0.15 (on a fat basis)
	Fruits and Vegetables	0.1
	Meat	0.2
	Eggs	0.1 (on a shell free basis)
	Fish	0.2
2. Carbaryl	Foodgrains	1.5
	Milled Foodgrains	Nil
	Okra and leafy vegetables	10.0
	Potatoes	0.2
	Other vegetables	5.0
	Cottonseed (whole)	1.0
	Maize cob (kernels)	1.0
	Maize	0.50
	Rice	2.50
	Chillies	5.00
3. Chlordane (residue to be measured as cis plus trans chlordane)	Foodgrains	0.02
	Milled Food grains	Nil
	Milk and Milk Products	0.05 (on a fat basis)
	Vegetables	0.2
	Fruits	0.1
	Sugar beet	0.3
4. D.D. T. (The limits apply to D.D.T., DDD. and D.D.E. singly or in any combination)	Milk and Milk Products	1.25 (on a fat basis)
	Fruits and vegetables including potatoes	3.5
	Meat, poultry and fish	7.0 (on whole product basis)
	Eggs	0.5 (on a shell free basis)
5. Diazinon	Food grains	0.05
	Milled Food grains	Nil
	Vegetables	0.5
6. Dichlorvos (content of dichloroacetaldehyde (D.C.A. ) be reported where possible	Food grains	1.0
	Milled food grains	0.25
	Vegetables	0.15
	Fruits	0.1
7. Dicofol	Fruits and Vegetables	5.0
	Tea(dry manufactured)	5.0
8. Dimethoate (residue to be determined as dimethoate and expressed as dimethoate)	Fruits and Vegetables	2.0
9. Endosulfan (residues are measured and reported as total of endosulfan A and B and endosulfun-sulphate)	Fruits and Vegetables	2.0
	Cottonseed	0.5
	Cottonseed oil	0.2
	Crude	0.2
	Bengal gram	0.20
	Pigeon pea	0.10
	Fish	0.20
10. Fenitrothion	Food grains	0.02
	Milled foodgrains	0.005
	Milk and Milk products	0.05 (on a fat basis)
	Fruits	0.5
	Vegetables	0.3
	Meat	0.03
11. Heptachlor Combined residues of heptachlor and epoxide to be determined and expressed as heptachlor)	Food grains	0.01
	Milled food grains	0.002
	Milk and Milk Products	0.15 (on a fat basis)
	Vegetables	0.05
12. Hydrogen cyanide	Food grains	37.5
	Milled food grains	3.0
13. Hydrogen phosphide	Food grains	Nil
	Milled food grains	Nil
14. Inorganic bromide (determined and expressed as total bromide from all sources	Food grains	25.0
	Milled food grains	25.0
	Fruits	30.0
	Dried fruits	30.00
	spices	400.0
15. Hexachlorocyclohexane and its isomers (a) Alfa (a) isomer:	Rice grain unpolished	0.10
	Rice grain polished	0.05
	Milk (whole)	0.02
	Fruits and Vegetables	1.00
	Fish	0.25
(b) Beta (6) isomer	Rice grain-unpolished	0.10
	Rice grain polished	0.05
	Milk (whole)	0.02
	Fruits and Vegetables	1.00
	Fish	0.25
(c)Gamma (y) isomer known as Lindane	Food grains except rice	0.10
(c)Gamma (y) isomer known as Lindane	Milled Food grains	Nil
	Rice grain Unpolished	0.10
	Rice grain polished	0.05
	Milk	0.01 (on whole basis)
	Milk products	0.20 (on fat basis)
	fruits and Vegetable	1.00
	Fish	0.25
	Eggs	0.10 (On shell free basis)
	Meat and poultry	2.00 (on whole basis)
(d) Delta (? ) isomer:	Rice grain Unpolished	0.10
	Rice grain Polished	0.05
	Milk (whole)	0.02
	Fruits and Vegetable	1.00
	Fish	0.25
16. Malathion (Malathion to be determined and expressed as combined residue of malathionand malaoxon)	Food grains	4.0
	Milled food grains	1.0
	Fruits	4.0
	Vegetables	3.0
	Dried fruits	8.0
17. Parathion (Combined residues of parathion and paraoxon to be determined and expressed as parathion)	Fruits and Vegetables	0.5
18. Parathion methyl (Combined residue of parathion methyl and its oxygen analogue to be determined and expressed as parathion methyl)	Fruits	0.2
	Vegetables	1.0
19. Phosphamidon residues (expressed as the sum of Phosphamidon and its desethyl derivative)	Food grains	0.05
	Milled Foodgrains	Nil
	Fruits and Vegetables	0.2

20. pyrethrins (Sum of pyrethrins I and II and other structurally related insecticidal ingredients of pyrethrum)	Food grains	Nil
	Milled food grains	Nil
	Fruits and Vegetables	1.0
21. Chlorfenvinphos (Residues to be measured as alpha and beta isomers of chlorfenvinphos)	Food grains	0.025
	Milled Foodgrains	0.006
	Milk and Milk Products	0.2 [fat basis]
	Meat and Poultry	0.2 [carcass fat]
	Vegetables	0.05
	Groundnuts	0.05 [shell free basis]
	Cotton seed	0.05 .
22. Chlorobenzilate	Fruits	1.0
	Dry Fruits, Almonds and Walnuts	0.2 [Shell free basis]
23. Chlorpyrifos	Foodgrains	0.05
	Milled food grains	0.01
	Fruits	0.5
	Potatoes and Onions	0.01
	Cauliflower and Cabbage	0.01
	Other vegetables	0.2
	Meat and Poultry	0.1 [carcass fat basis]
	Milk and Milk products	0.01 [fat basis]
	Cotton seed	0.05
	Cotton seed oil (crude)	0.025
24. 2,4D	Food grains	0.01
	Milled food grains	0.003
	Potatoes	0.2
	*Milk and Milk products	0.05
	*Meat and Poultry	0.05
	Eggs	0.05 [Shell free basis]
	Fruits	2.0
	* Soluble in water and hence not necessary to mention on fat basis
25. Ethion (Residues to be determined as ethion and its oxygen analogue and expressed as ethion)	Tea{dry manufactured)	5.0
	Cucumber and Squash	0.5
	Other vegetables	1.0
	Cotton seed	0.5
	Milk and Milk products	0.5 [fat basis]
	*Meat and Poultry	0.2 [carcass fat basis]
	Eggs	0.2 [Shell free basis]
	Food grains	0.025
	Milled food grains	0.006
	Peaches	1.0
	Other fruits	2.0
	Dry fruits	0.1 [Shell free basis ]
26. Formothion Determined as dimethoate and its oxygen analogue and expressed as dimethoate except in citrus fruits where it is to be determined as formothion)	citrus fruits	0.2
	Other fruits	1.0
	Vegetables	2.0
	Peppers and Tomatoes	1.0
27. Monocrotophos	Food grains	0.025
	Milled food grains	0.006
	Citrus fruits	0.2
	Other fruits	1.0
	Carrot, Turnip, Potatoes and Sugar beet	0.05
	Onion and Peas	0.1
	Other Vegetables	0.2
	Cotton seed	0.1
	Cottonseed oil {raw)	0.05
	*Soluble in water and hence not necessary to mention on fat basis.
	*Meat and Poultry	0.02
	*Milk and Milk products	0.02
	Egg	0.02 [Shell free basis]
	Coffee (Raw beans)	0.1
28. Paraquat-Dichloride (Determined as paraquatcations)	Food grains	0.1
28. Paraquat-Dichloride (Determined as paraquatcations)	Milled food grains	0.025
	Potatoes	0.2
	Other vegetables	0.05
	Cotton seed	0.2
	Cottonseed oil (Edible Refined)	0.05
	*Milk (whole)	0.01
	Fruits	0.05
29. Phosalone	Pears	2.0
	Citrus fruits	1.0
	Other fruits	5.0
	Potatoes	0.1
	Other vegetables	1.0
	Rapeseed/Mustard oil (crude)	0.05
30. Trichlorfon	Food grains	0.05
	Milled food grains	0.0125
	Sugar beet	0.05
	Fruits and Vegetables	0.1
	Oil seeds	0.1
	Edible oil (refined)	0.05
	*Meat and Poultry	0.1
	*Milk (Whole)	0.05
31. THIOMETON (Residues determined as thiometon its sulfoxide and sulphone Expressed as thoimeton)	Food grains	0.025
	Milled food grains	0.006
	Fruits	0.5
	Potatoes, Carrots and	Sugar beets 0.05
	Other vegetables	2.5
32. Acephate	Safflower seed	2.0
	Cotton seed	2.0
33. Methamido-phos (A Metabolite of Acephate)	Safflower seed	0.1
33. Methamido-phos (A Metabolite of Acephate)	Cotton seed	0.1
34. Aldicarb (Sum of Aldicarb, its sulphoxide As Aldicarb)	Potato	0.05
34. Aldicarb (Sum of Aldicarb, its sulphoxide As Aldicarb)	Chewing Tobacco	0.1
35. ATRAZINE	Maize	Nil
	Sugarcane	0.25
36. Carbendazim	Foodgrains	0.50
	Milled foodgrains	0.12
	Vegetables	0.50
	Mango	2.00
	Banana (Whole)	1.00
	Other fruits	5.00
	Cotton seed	0.10
	Groundnut	0.10
	Sugar beet	0.10
	Dry fruits	0.10
	Eggs	0.10 (Shell free basis)
	Meat & Poultry	0.10 (Carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.10 (Fat basis)
37. Benomy1	Foodgrains	0.50
	Milled foodgrains	0.12
	Vegetables	0.50
	Mango	2.00
	Banana (whole)	1.00
	Other fruits	5.00
	Cotton seed	0.10
	Groundnut	0.10
	Sugar beet	0.10
	Dry fruits	0.10
	Eggs	0.10 (shell free basis)
	Meat & Poultry	0.10 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.10 (fat basis)
38. Captan	Fruit & Vegetable	15.00
39. Carbofuran (sum of carbofuran and 3-hydroxy carbofuran expressed as carbofuran)	Foodgrains	0.10
	Milled foodgrains	0.03
	Fruit & Vegetable	0.10
	Oil seeds	0.10
	Sugarcane	0.10
	Meat & Poultry	0.10 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.05 ( fat basis)
40. Copper Oxychloride (Determined as copper)	Fruit	20.00
40. Copper Oxychloride (Determined as copper)	Potato	1.0
	Other vegetables	20.00
41. Cypermethrin (Sum of isomers (fat soluble residue))	Wheat grains	0.05
41. Cypermethrin (Sum of isomers (fat soluble residue))	Milled wheat grains	0.01
	Brinjal	0.20
	Cabbage	2.00
	Bhindi	0.20
	Oil seeds except groundnut	0.20
	Meat & Poultry	0.20 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.01 (fat basis)
42. Decamethrin / Deltamethrin	Cotton seed	0.10
	Foodgrains	0.50
	Milled foodgrains	0.20
43. Edifenphos	Rice	0.02
	Ricebran	1.00
	Eggs	0.01 (shell free basis)
	Meat & Poultry	0.02 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.01 (fat basis)
44. Fenthion (sum of fenthion, its oxygen analogue and their sulphoxides and sulphones, expressed as fenthion)	Foodgrains	0.10
	Milled foodgrains	0.03
	Onion	0.10
	Potatoes	0.05
	Beans	0.10
	Peas	0.50
	Tomatoes	0.50
	Other vegetables	1.00
	Musk melon	2.00
	Meat & Poultry	2.00 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk product	0.05 (fat basis)
45. Fenvalerate (fat soluble residue)	Cauliflower	2.00
	Brinjal	2.00
	Okra	2.00
	Cotton seed	0.20
	Cottonseed oil	0.10
	Meat & Poultry	1.00 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk products	0.01 (fat basis)
46. Dithiocarbamates (the residue tolerance limit are determined and expressed as mg/CS2/Kg and refer separately to the residues arising from any or each groups of dithiocarbamates (a) Dimethyl dithiocar- .bamates residue resulting from theuse of ferbam or Ziram and (b) Ethylene bis dithiocarbamates resulting from the use of mancozeb mane, or Zineb(including zineb derived from nabam plus zinc sulphate)	Food grains	0.20
	Milled food grains	0.05
	Potatoes	0.10
	Tomatoes	3.00
	Cherries	1.00
	Other fruits	3.00
47. Phenthoate	Food grains	0.05
	Milled food grains	0.01
	Oilseeds	0.03
	Edible oils	0.01
	Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
	Meat & Poultry	0.05 (carcass fat basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.01 (fat basis)
48. Phorate (sum of phorate, its oxygen analogue and their sulphoxides and sulphones, expressed as phorate)	Food grains	0.05
	Milled food grains	0.01
	Tomatoes	0.10
	Other vegetables	0.05
	Fruits	0.05
	Oil seeds	0.05
	Edible oils	0.03
	Sugarcane	0.05
	Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
	Milk & Milk Products	0.05 (fat basis)

49. Simazine	Maize	Nil
	Sugarcane	0.25
50. Pirimiphos -methyl	Rice	0.50
	Foodgrains except rice	5.00
	Milled food grains except rice	1.00
	Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
	Meat & Poultry	0.05 (carcass fat basis )
	Milk & Milk Products	0.05 (fat basis)
51 Alachlor	Cotton Seed	0.05
	Groundnut	0.05
	Maize	0.10
	Soyabeans	0.50
52. Alfa Nephthyl Acetic Acid (A.N.A.)	Pine Apple	0.50
53. Bitertanol	wheat	0.05
	Groundnut	0.10
54. Captafol	Tomato	5.00
55. Cataphydrochloride	Rice	0.50
56. Chlormequatchloride	Grape	1.00
	Cotton Seed	1.00
57. Chlorothalonil	Groundnut	0.10
	Potato	0.10
58. Difubenzuron	Cotton Seed	0.20
.59. Dodine	Apple	5.00
.60. Diuron	Cotton Seed	1.00
	Banana	0.10
	Maize	0.50
	Citrus (Sweet Orange )	1.00
	Grapes	1.00
61. Ethephon	Pine Apple	2.00
	Coffee	0.10
	Tomato	2.00
	Mango	2.00
62. Fluchloraline	Cotton Seed	0.05
	Soya beans	0.05
63. Malic Hydrazide	Onion	15.00
	Potato	50.00
64. Metalyxyl	Bajra	0.05
	Maize	0.05
	Sorghum	0.05
65. Methomyl	Cotton Seed	0.10
66. Methyl Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA)	Rice	0.05
66. Methyl Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid (MCPA)	Wheat	0.05
67. Oxydiazon	Rice	0.03
68. Oxydemeton methyl	Food-grains	0.02
69. Pennethrin	Cucumber	0.50
	Cotton Seed	0.50
	Soya Beans	0.50
	Sunflower Seed	1.00
70. Quinolphos	Rice	0.01
	Pigeonpea	0.01
	Cardamom	0.01
	Tea	0.01
	Fish	0.01
71. Thiophanatemethyl	Apple	5.00
	Papaya	7.00

Explanation :- For the purposes of this rule :

(a) the expressions "insecticide" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Insecticide Act, 1968 (46 of 1968);

(b) unless otherwise stated:

(i) maximum levels are expressed in mg./kg. on a whole products basis.

(ii) al1 food refer to raw agricultural products moving in commerce]