Sethoxydim is a selective systemic and cyclohexanedione oxime herbicide absorbed mainly by foliage and to a lesser extent by roots. It is an acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor which inhibits the incorporation of acetate into fatty acids and interferes with the formation of phospholipids used in building new membranes. It is used to control annual and perennial grass weeds (except Poa spp.) in broad-leaved crops including cotton oilseed rape soybeans sugar beets fodder beets sunflowers spinach potatoes tobacco peanuts strawberries alfalfa flax and vegetables. Sethoxydim is not approved for use in the European Union (EU) as a plant protection agent following Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 and repealing Directive 91/414/EEC. But maximum residue levels of 0,05 to 10 mg/kg are allowed for the presence of sethoxydim expressed as a sum of sethoxydim and clethodim including their degradation products in products of plant and animal origin according to the EU Reg. No 839/2008.