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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/181
25 July 2003
(03-3978)
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):  Cyhalothrin-lambda (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:  Interim Marketing
Authorization regarding the use of cyhalothrin-lambda on leeks (available in English and
French, pages 2228-2229).
6. Description of content:
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of cyhalothrin-lambda in order to allow
its use for the control of onion thrips on leeks.  The PMRA has also been requested toestablish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for residues of cyhalothrin-lambda resulting
from this use in leeks, 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 of 0.15
p.p.m. for cyhalothrin-lambda in leeks would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the
public.
The use of cyhalothrin-lambda on leeks will provide joint benefits to consumers and to the
agricultural industry as a result of improved management of pests.  In addition, the
proposed regulatory amendment will contribute to a safe, abundant and affordable food
supply by allowing the importation and sale of  food commodities containing acceptable
levels of pesticide residues.
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 leeks with an MRL for
cyhalothrin-lambda of 0.15 p.p.m. while the regulatory process is undertaken to formally
amend the Regulations.  A revision to this notification will be published at the start of theamendment process and Members will be given the opportunity at that time to submit
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7. 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
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, 19 July 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/2003/20030719/pdf/g1-13729.pdf