Shepherd
Chemical
Company
ATTN:
Bayard
Pelsor
4900
Beech
Street
Norwood,
Ohio
45212
April
19,
2006
FILE
NAME:
company.
wpt
(
1/
1/
2006)
(
xml)
Template
Number
P25
ATTENTION:

COMPANY
FEDERAL
REGISTER
DOCUMENT
SUBMISSION
TEMPLATE
(
1/
1/
2006)

EPA
Registration
Division
contact:
[
Bipin
Gandhi,
703­
308­
8380]

Shepherd
Chemical
Company
[
6E
7062]

EPA
has
received
a
pesticide
petition
([
6E
7062])
from
The
Shepherd
Chemical
Company,
4900
Beech
Street,
Norwood,
Ohio
45212
proposing,
pursuant
to
section
408(
d)
of
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
21
U.
S.
C.
346a(
d),
to
amend
40
CFR
part
180.

Options
(
pick
one)

2.
to
establish
an
exemption
from
the
requirement
of
a
tolerance
for
Ferric
citrate
(
C.
A.
S.
No.
2338­
05­
8)
in
or
on
the
raw
agricultural
commodity
on
growing
crops
for
food
use
.
EPA
has
determined
that
the
petition
contains
data
or
information
regarding
the
elements
set
forth
in
section
408(
d)(
2)
of
the
FFDCA;
however,
EPA
has
not
fully
evaluated
the
sufficiency
of
the
submitted
data
at
this
time
or
whether
the
data
supports
granting
of
the
petition.
Additional
data
may
be
needed
before
EPA
rules
on
the
petition.

Additional
Information
1.
According
to
21
CFR
184.1298,
Ferric
citrate
is
a
direct
food
substance
affirmed
as
Generally
Recognized
As
Safe.
It
is
used
in
food
as
a
nutrient
supplement,
and
may
also
be
used
in
2
infant
formula.

2.
According
to
CCRIS,
Ferric
citrate
was
the
subject
of
carcinogenicity
studies,
administered
orally
to
B6C3F1
male
and
female
mice.
Results:
Negative.
FOOD
CHEMICAL
TOXICOLOGY
32(
6):
493­
498,
1994.

3.
Ferric
citrate
is
manufactured
by
reacting
Citric
Acid
with
Iron
oxide
hydrate.
Both
of
these
chemicals
are
listed
on
U.
S.
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
List
of
Inert
Pesticide
Ingredients,
List
4A
 
Minimal
Risk
Inert
Ingredients
 
By
Chemical
Name,
Updated
August
2004.

4.
Other
water
soluble
Iron
salts
(
Ferric
chloride,
Ferric
sulfate),
and
Citric
Acid
have
all
been
granted
tolerance
exemptions
according
to
40
CFR,
Part
180.
Ferric
sulfate
180.910,
Ferric
chloride
180.920,
Citric
Acid
180.950.
