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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/153
4 December 2002
(02-6695)
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Fosetyl-aluminium (ICS:  65.100.30)
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 Fosetyl-aluminum (Available in English and French;
pages 3387-3388)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of fosetyl-
aluminum to allow its use for the control of downy mildew on Chinese broccoli and bokchoy cabbage.  The PMRA has also been requested to establish Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) for residues of fosetyl-aluminum result ing from this use in Chinese broccoli and
bok choy cabbage, in order to permit the import and sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL of 60 p.p.m.
for fosetyl-aluminum in Chinese broccoli and bok choy cabbage would not pose an
unacceptable health risk to the public.
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 Chinese broccoli and
bok choy cabbage with an MRL for fosetyl-aluminum of 60 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 the amendment process and Members will be given theopportunity 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 di sease,  [   ]  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:G/SPS/N/CAN/153
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 9 November 2002 (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 (ifavailable) 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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13645.pdf