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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/672
9 January 2003
(03-0111)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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):  Products that use the pesticide Glyphosate, specifically animal feed,
non-grass, group;  Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group;  potassium salt animal organs that
may be consumed by humans (kidney and liver), and for poultry meat, eggs, and poultrymeat by-products.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Glyphosate;  Pesticide
tolerances, (available in English, 17 pages).
6. Description of content:   This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of glyphosate in
or on animal feed, non-grass group at 400 ppm;  grass, forage, fodder and hay, group and
adds the potassium salt of glyphosate to the tolerance expression at 300 ppm;  potassiumsalt animal organs that may be consumed by humans (kidney at 4.0 ppm and liver at
0.5 ppm), and for poultry meat at 0.1 ppm, eggs at 0.05 ppm, and poultry meat by-products
at 1.0 ppm.  This Tolerance was requested under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
7. 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
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   Maximum residue limits (MRLs) are
established for residues of glyphosate.  For wheat-related commodities, relevant Codex
MRLs exist for:  wheat grain at 5 ppm;  unprocessed wheat bran at 20 ppm;  wheat flour at
0.5 ppm;  wheat wholemeal at 5 ppm;  and st raw and fodder (dry) of cereal grains at
100 ppm.G/SPS/N/USA/672
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:
fr27se02-21, Federal Register:  27 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number 188)
Pages 60934-60950,
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-27/p24488.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   27 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  26 November 2002
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) of other body:
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note: Identify docket name "AOPP-2002-0232" in subject line of your response.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.
Tel (202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov