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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/143/Rev.1
4 December 2002
(02-6687)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
Revision
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Imidacloprid (ICS: 65.100.10)
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 (1340 - Imidacloprid).  (Available in English and French,
pages 3417-3420)
6. Description of content:
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of imidacloprid in order to allow its use
for the control of aphids on blueberries, and western cherry fruit flies and black cherry fruit
flies on sour cherries and sweet cherries.  This proposed regulatory amendment would
establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for residues of imidacloprid and itsmetabolites resulting from this use in blueberries, sour cherries and sweet cherries, in order
to permit the sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
imidacloprid, including its metabolites, of 3 p.p.m . in sour cherries and sweet cherries and
of 1 p.p.m. in blueberries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, an Interim Marketing
Authorization (IMA) was issued on 24 August  2002, to permit the immediate sale of sour
cherries and sweet cherries containing residues of imidacloprid with an MRL of 3 p.p.m.
while the regulatory process to formally amend the regulation is undertaken.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  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, 9 November 2002.  (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   not stated
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   not stated
12. Final date for comments:   23 January 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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13645.pdf