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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/105
16 May 2001
(01-2514)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Pyridaben
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1231- Pyridaben) (pages 1603-1606)
5. Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has approved an application to amend the registration of pyridaben in order to
allow its use for the control of mites on cucumbers, grapes, peppers and strawberries. This
proposed regulatory amendment would establish MRLs for residues of pyridaben resultingfrom this use in cucumbers, grapes, peppers and strawberries, in order to permit the sale of
food containing these residues. The amendment would also establish MRLs in meat of
cattle, goats, horses and sheep; and milk to cover residues in food derived from animals fed
with crops treated with pyridaben.
After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that MRLs for pyridaben
of 2 ppm in strawberries; 1 ppm in peppers; 0.3 ppm in grapes; 0.1 ppm in cucumbers;
0.05 ppm in meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; and 0.01 ppm in milk would not posean unacceptable health risk to the public. This proposed regulatory amendment would also
amend the chemical name of pyridaben in order to comply with international nomenclature
conventions.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  No Codex CXLs or US tolerances have been
established for pyridaben on greenhouse cucumber.  There are no US EPA tolerances or
Codex MRLs established on grape. The Ca nadian MRLs are harmonized with the US
tolerances for meat and milk only. No US tolerances exist for pyridaben on greenhouse pepper
or field strawberry.G/SPS/N/CAN/105
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: :   Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 5 May, 2001 (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  4 June 2001
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Text also available on the internet at: http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13518.pdf