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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/72
13 October 1999
(99-4381)
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:  Department of Health
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).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  quizalofop-ethyl
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1115 –Q uizalofop-ethyl) (pages 2915-2918)
5.Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of quizalofop-ethylin order to allow its use for the control of weeds in flax, lentil, pea, rapeseed (canola) and
sugar beet crops as a post-emergent treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would
establish MRLs for residues of quizalofop-ethyl and its metabolites resulting from this use
in flax, lentils, peas, rapeseed (canola) and sugar beets, in order to permit the sale of food
containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that MRLs for quizalofop-
ethyl, including metabolites, of 0.2 p.p.m. in sugar beets and 0.05 p.p.m. in flax, lentils, peas
and rapeseed (canola) would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
This proposed amendment to the Regulations also includes a change to the chemical name
of the pest control product quizalofop-ethyl in accordance with the standards of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[    ] protect territory from other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed Canada MRL of 0.2 p.p.m. on
sugarbeets will harmonize with the Unit ed States.  The proposed Canada MRL 0f
0.05 p.p.m. on lentils will harmonize with the United States.  The proposed Canada MRL of
0.05 p.p.m. on peas and canola is less than the United States tolerance of 0.25, and1.0 p.p.m. on legume vegetables (dry or succulent) and canola respectively.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 2 October 1999; English and FrenchG/SPS/N/CAN/72
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11.Final date for comments:  1 November 1999
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: