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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/169
9 May 2003
(03-2473)
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:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
3. Products covered (provide tariff item num ber(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Glyphosate (ICS:  65.100.20, 67.040)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not
stated
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations (1348 — Glyphosate) (English and French;
pages 1324-1326).
6. Description of content:  Glyphosate is registered under the Pest Control Products Act  as a
herbicide for the control of annual and perennial grasses and broadleaf weeds on a wide
variety of crops as pre-emergent and pre-harvest treatments.  Maximum residue limits(MRLs) have been established under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of glyphosate,
including the metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), resulting from these uses
at 35 parts per million (p.p.m.) in oat milling fractions, excluding flour, 20 p.p.m. in
soybeans, 15 p.p.m. in barley and wheat milling factions, excluding flour, and oats,
10 p.p.m. in barley and rapeseed (canola), 5 p.p.m. in peas and wheat, 4 p.p.m. in beans and
lentils, 3 p.p.m. in corn and flax, and 0.5 p.p.m. in asparagus.  MRLs have also been
established at 2 p.p.m. in kidney of cattle, goats, hogs, poultry and sheep and 0.2 p.p.m. inliver of cattle, goats, hogs, poultry and sheep to cover residues in food derived from
animals fed with crops treated with glyphosate.  By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of the
Food and Drug Regulations , the MRL for other foods is 0.1 p.p.m.
This proposed regulatory amendment would increase the MRL for residues of glyphosate,
including the metabolite AMPA, in sugar beets, in order to permit the import and sale of
food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
glyphosate, including the metabolite AMPA, of 10 p.p.m. in sugar beets would not pose anunacceptable health risk to the public.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other
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8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 3 May 2003 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada
Gazette, Part I.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted.
12. Final date for comments:  17 July 2003
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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030503/pdf/g1-13718.pdf