Tolerance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028200",
  "term": "Tolerance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Permissible residue level for pesticides in raw agricultural produce and processed foods. Whenever a pesticide is registered for use on a food or feed crop, a tolerance must be established. EPA establishes the tolerance levels, which are enforced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture.\n\n2. The maximum amount of a pesticide allowable in a food or feed product before it is considered adulterated, usually specified in parts per million.\n\n3. The ability of a living thing to withstand adverse conditions, such as pest attacks, weather extremes, or pesticides.\n\n4. The amount of pesticide that may safely remain in or on raw farm products at time of sale.\n\n5. The maximum permissible residue level for pesticides in raw agricultural produce and processed foods. Any food bearing a pesticide residue for which there is no tolerance or exemption from tolerance in effect is considered adulterated and subject to seizure. Similarly, if a pesticide residue in a food exceeds the applicable tolerance, the food would be considered adulterated and subject to seizure. EPA establishes the tolerances, which are enforced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture. Before the passage of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, established tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemicals in or on RACs were established in section 408 of FFDCA and tolerances, where needed for processed commodities, were set in section 409. Under FQPA, all tolerances or exemptions will be set under section 408. EPA will not register a pesticide under FIFRA until all needed tolerances have been established.\n\n6. Measure of degree to which a particular taxon can persist in anthropogenically-disturbed systems. We expect to find highly tolerant taxa at severely degraded sites.\n\n7. Interval in which at least 95% of a set of recorded values of a certain quantity must lie. Use the specified recording frequencies and time intervals to determine if a quantity is within the applicable tolerance. The concept of tolerance is intended to address random variability. You may not take advantage of the tolerance specification to incorporate a bias into a measurement.\n\n8. For the purposes of this section, includes the establishment of a new tolerance or tolerance exemption, or amended tolerance or tolerance exemption.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "PRIA Fee Determination Glossary",
    "CADDIS Glossary",
    "40 CFR 1065.1001 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 158.1400 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tolerance/"
}