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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/188
24 October 2003
(03-5620)
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 (PMRA), 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):  Fenhexamid (ICS:  65.100.30, 67.080.20)
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:   Interim Marketing
Authorization regarding the use of fenhexamid on tomatoes (available in English andFrench;  pages 3275-3276)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of fenhexamid in
order to allow its use for the control of Botrytis diseases on tomatoes.  The PMRA has also
been requested to establish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for residues of fenhexamid
in tomatoes resulting from this use, in orde r to permit the sale of food containing these
residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
fenhexamid of 1 p.p.m. in tomatoes would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the
public.  Therefore, it is the intention of the PMRA to recommend that the Food and Drug
Regulations be amended to establish an MRL for fenhexamid of 1 p.p.m. in tomatoes.
The use of fenhexamid on tomatoes will provide joint benefits to consumers and to the
agricultural industry as a result of improved management of pests.
As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, an Interim Marketing
Authorization (IMA) is being issued to permit the immediate sale of tomatoes with an
MRL for fenhexamid of 1 p.p.m. while the regulatory process is undertaken to formallyamend the Regulations.  A revision to this notification will be published at the start of the
amendment process and Members will be given the opportunity at that time to submit
comments on this proposed measure.
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, 18 October 2003 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Immediate for this IMA. For the final regulation, will be stated
in subsequent Revision or A ddendum to this notification.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Immediate for this IMA.  For the final regulation, will
be stated in subsequent Revision or Addendum to this notification.
12. Final date for comments:  This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment
period will be provided in a Revision of this notification.
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/2003/20031018/pdf/g1-13742.pdf