Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-29 - Quality Assurance Testing on Cannabis
Section R68-29-9 - Pesticide Standards
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Only pesticides allowed by the department may be used in the cultivation of cannabis.
(2) If an independent cannabis laboratory identifies a pesticide that is not allowed under Subsection R68-29-5(1) and is above the action levels provided in Subsection R68-29-5(3) that lot or batch from which the sample was taken has failed quality assurance testing.
(3) A sample and related lot or batch of cannabis, cannabis product, or cannabinoid product fail quality assurance testing for pesticides if the results exceed the limits as set forth in Table 5.
TABLE 5 Pesticide Analytes and Action Levels |
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Analyte |
Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry number |
Action Level ppm |
Abamectin |
71751-41-2 |
0.5 |
Acephate |
30560-19-1 |
0.4 |
Acequinocyl |
57960-19-7 |
2 |
Acetamiprid |
135410-20-7 |
0.2 |
Aldicarb |
116-06-3 |
0.4 |
Azoxystrobin |
131860-33-8 |
0.2 |
Bifenazate |
149877-41-8 |
0.2 |
Bifenthrin |
82657-04-3 |
0.2 |
Boscalid |
188425-85-6 |
0.4 |
Carbaryl |
63-25-2 |
0.2 |
Carbofuran |
1563-66-2 |
0.2 |
Chlorantraniliprole |
500008-45-7 |
0.2 |
Chlorfenapyr |
122453-73-0 |
1 |
Chlorpyrifos |
2921-88-2 |
0.2 |
Clofentezine |
74115-24-5 |
0.2 |
Cypermethrin |
52315-07-8 |
1 |
Daminozide |
1596-84-5 |
1 |
DDVP (Dichlorvos) |
62-73-7 |
0.1 |
Diazinon |
333-41-5 |
0.2 |
Dimethoate |
60-51-5 |
0.2 |
Ethoprophos |
13194-48-4 |
0.2 |
Etofenprox |
80844-07-1 |
0.4 |
Etoxazole |
153233-91-1 |
0.2 |
Fenoxycarb |
72490-01-8 |
0.2 |
Fenpyroximate |
134098-61-6 |
0.4 |
Fipronil |
120068-37-3 |
0.4 |
Flonicamid |
158062-67-0 |
1 |
Fludioxonil |
131341-86-1 |
0.4 |
Hexythiazox |
78587-05-0 |
1 |
Imazalil |
35554-44-0 |
0.2 |
Imidacloprid |
138261-41-3 |
0.4 |
Kresoxim-methyl |
143390-89-0 |
0.4 |
Malathion |
143390-89-0 |
0.2 |
Metalaxyl |
57837-19-1 |
0.2 |
Methiocarb |
2032-65-7 |
0.2 |
Methomyl |
16752-77-5 |
0.4 |
Methyl parathion |
298-00-0 |
0.2 |
MGK-264 |
113-48-4 |
0.2 |
Myclobutanil |
88671-89-0 |
0.2 |
Naled |
300-76-5 |
0.5 |
Oxamyl |
23135-22-0 |
1 |
Paclobutrazol |
76738-62-0 |
0.4 |
Permethrins |
52645-53-1 |
0.2 |
Phosmet |
732-11-6 |
0.2 |
Piperonyl butoxide |
51-03-6 |
2 |
Prallethrin |
23031-36-9 |
0.2 |
Propiconazole |
60207-90-1 |
0.4 |
Propoxur |
114-26-1 |
0.2 |
Pyrethrins |
8003-34-7 |
1 |
Pyridaben |
96489-71-3 |
0.2 |
Spinosad |
168316-95-8 |
0.2 |
Spiromesifen |
283594-90-1 |
0.2 |
Spirotetramat |
203313-25-1 |
0.2 |
Spiroxamine |
118134-30-8 |
0.4 |
Tebuconazole |
80443-41-0 |
0.4 |
Thiacloprid |
111988-49-9 |
0.2 |
Thiamethoxam |
153719-23-4 |
0.2 |
Trifloxystrobin |
141517-21-7 |
0.2 |
(4) Permethrins should be measured as cumulative residue of cis- and trans-permethrin isomers (CAS numbers 54774-45-7 and 51877-74-8).
(5) Pyrethrins should be measured as the cumulative residues of pyrethrin I (CAS 121-21-1), pyrethrin II (CAS 121-29-9), cinerin 1 (CAS 25402-06-6), and jasmolin 1 (CAS 4466-14-2).
(6) Abamectin is a composite of the amounts of avermectin B1a and avermectin B1b.