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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/165
8 May 2003
(03-2467)
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):  S-metolachlor (ICS: 65.100, 67.040)
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:   Proposed Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations (1151 – S-metolachlor) (English and French;
pages 1310-1313)
6. Description of content:  Under authority of the Pest Control Products Act , the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved an application
for the registration of the pest control product (pesticide) S-metolachlor, an S-enriched
formulation of metolachlor, as a herbicide for the control of annual grasses and somebroadleaf weeds in a variety of crops as a pr e-emergent, pre-plant incorporated, or early
post-emergent treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish maximum
residue Limits (MRLs) under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of S-metolachlor and its
metabolites resulting from this use in apples, apricots, cherries, corn, dry beans, lima beans,
peaches/nectarines, pears, peas, plums, potatoes, rutabagas, snap beans, soybeans, sugarbeets and tomatoes, in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.  This
proposed amendment would also establish MRLs  in eggs, kidney of cattle, liver of cattle
and poultry, meat of cattle, goats, hogs, poultry and sheep, and milk to cover residues in
food derived from animals fed with crops treated with S-metolachlor.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
S-metolachlor, including its metabolites, of 0.3 parts per million (p.p.m.) in dry beans, lima
beans, peas and snap beans, 0.2 p.p.m. in kidney of cattle, potatoes and soybeans,
0.1 p.p.m. in apples, apricots, cherries, corn, peaches/nectarines, pears, plums, rutabagas,
sugar beets and tomatoes, 0.05 p.p.m. in liver of cattle and poultry and 0.02 p.p.m. in eggs,
meat of cattle, goats, hogs, poultry and sheep, and milk would not pose an unacceptable
health risk to the public.
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, 3 May 2003 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada
Gazette, Part I.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted.
12. Final date for comments:  17 July 2003
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/2003/20030503/pdf/g1-13718.pdf