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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/228 
18 November 2004 
 (04-4994) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Department of 
Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fenbuconazole (ICS: 65.100.30, 67. 080) 
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 (1424 — Fenbucon azole) (available in English and French; 
pages 3200-3203) 
6. Description of content:  Under authority of the Pest Control Products Act , the Pest 
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of He alth Canada has approved an application 
for the registration of the pest control product fenbuconazole as a fungicide for the control 
of blossom blight and fruit brown rot on apri cots, peaches/nectarines, plums, prune plums, 
sour cherries and sweet cherries, as well as black knot on plums and sour cherries.  
This proposed regulatory amendment would establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) 
under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of fenbuconazole and its metabolites resulting 
from this use in apricots, drie d prune plums, peaches/nectarines,  plums, prune plums, sour 
cherries and sweet cherries, in order to perm it the sale of food containing these residues.  
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for 
fenbuconazole, including its metabolites, of 0.8 pa rts per million (p.p.m.) in sour cherries 
and sweet cherries, 0.5 p.p.m. in dried prune  plums and peaches/nectarines, 0.3 p.p.m. in 
apricots, and 0.1 p.p.m. in plums and prune  plums 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, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   Codex has established an MRL of 1.0 p.p.m on 
cherries; the proposed Canadian MRL for sour cherries and sweet cherries is 0.8 p.p.m. 
Codex has not established MRLs for fenbuconazo le and its lactone metabolites in apricots, 
nectarines, peaches, plums, fresh prunes or dry prunes.   
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 6 November 2004 (Avail able in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Normally within 5 to 8 mont hs 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:  20 January 2005 
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 notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20041106/pdf/g1-13845.pdf