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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/119
13 September 2001
(01-4304)
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:  Health Canada
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).  Myclobutanil (ICS:  65.100.30)  Regions or countries likely to be affected,
to the extent relevant or practicable:           
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1250 – Myclobutanil) (pages 3324-3328)
5. Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of myclobutanil in
order to allow its use for the control of brow n rot, leaf spot and powdery mildew on peppers
for pre-harvest management. This proposed regulatory amendment would establish MRLs
for residues of myclobutanil and its metabolites resulting from this use in peppers. This
proposed amendment would also establish MRLs in dried cherries and driedpeaches/nectarines, and in imported bananas, cucurbits (balsam apples, balsam pears, bitter
melons, cantaloupes, casabas, chayotes, Ch inese cucumbers, Chinese waxgourds, citron
melons, crenshaw melons, cucumbers, golden pershaw melons, gourds (edible), honey balls,
honeydew melons, mango melons, Persian me lons, pineapple melons, pumpkins, Santa
Claus melons, snake melons, summer squa sh, watermelons and winter squash) and
strawberries, in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
myclobutanil, including its metabolites, of 7 p.p.m. in dried peaches/nectarines, 4 p.p.m. in
dried cherries, 2 p.p.m. in bananas, 1 p.p.m. in peppers, 0.5 p.p.m. in strawberries and
0.3 p.p.m. in cucurbits would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[    ] protect territory from other damage from pests           G/SPS/N/CAN/119
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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: There are no Codex MRLs established.  The
Canadian MRLs are harmonized with the US to lerances for pepper at 1 ppm.  The MRL of 2
ppm on bananas is not consistent with the US  tolerance of 4.0 ppm.  The MRLs of 0.3 ppm on
curcubits and 0.5 ppm on strawberries are consiste nt with the US tolerances.  No Codex CXLs
have been established on these commodities.  The MRL of 1 ppm in cherries (sweet and sour),
peaches and nectarines and the MRLs of 4 ppm  on dried cheeries, 7 ppm on dried peaches and
7 ppm on dried nectarines are not consistent with the US tolerances and Codex MRLs.  US
tolerances are established at 5.0 ppm and 2.0 ppm on cherries and stonefruits (except
cherries), respectively.  Codex MRLs are established at 0.5 ppm on peaches and 1 ppm oncherries, respectively.  Codex define the re sidue of concern as myclobutanil only, Canada
defines the residue of concern as myclobutanil + metabolites.  No US tolerances nor Codex
MRLs have been established on the dried commodities.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 September 2001 (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:           
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: The electronic
version http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13535.pdf.