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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/90
11 July 2000
(00-2828)
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:  Iprodione
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1208 – Iprodione) (pages 2070-2073)
5. Description of content:  Iprodione is registered under the Pest Control Products Act as a
fungicide for the control of rot, spots, molds, mildew and blights on many crops as a seed,
pre-plant, pre-emergent, post-emergent or po st-harvest treatment. Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) have been established under the Food and Drugs Act for residues of iprodione and
its metabolites resulting from this use in Canada and in other countries at 60 parts per
million (p.p.m.) in raisins, 15 p.p.m. in lettuce, 10 p.p.m. in grapes, peaches and raspberries,
5 p.p.m. in carrots, cherries, strawberries and wine, 3 p.p.m. in apricots, 2 p.p.m. in plums
and prunes, 0.5 p.p.m. in cucumbers, kiwi fruit (edible portion) and tomatoes and 0.3 p.p.m.
in beans. By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulation s, the MRL
for other foods is 0.1 p.p.m.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health Canada, has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of iprodione in order to allow its use for
the control of alternaria black spot on rapeseed (canola) as a post-emergent treatment. This
proposed regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of iprodione and its
metabolites resulting from this use in rapeseed (canola), in order to permit the sale of food
containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, th e PMRA has determined that an MRL for
iprodione, including its metabolites, of 1 p.p.m. in rapeseed (canola) would not pose an
unacceptable health risk to the public.
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:  Codex CXL:  0.5 ppmG/SPS/N/CAN/90
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 1 July 2000 (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:  31 July 2000
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 is also available on the internet at:  http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/1-13427.pdf