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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/121
13 September 2001
(01-4303)
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:  Health Canada
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).  Imazamox (ICS:  65.100.20)  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1292 — Imazamox ) (pages 3333-3336)
5. Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of imazamox in order
to allow its use for the control of broadleaf weeds and grass in imidazolinone tolerant wheat
as a post-emergent treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish anMRL for residues of imazamox resulting from this use in wheat, in order to permit the sale
of food containing these residues.  The amendment would also lower the MRLs for peas and
rapeseed (canola), establish an MRL for soybeans and establish an MRL in eggs; meat and
meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses, poultry and sheep; and milk to cover residues in
food derived from animals fed with crops treated with imazamox.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
imazamox of 0.1 p.p.m. in soybeans, 0.05 p.p.m. in peas, rapeseed (canola) and wheat, and
0.01 p.p.m. in eggs; meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses, poultry and sheep;
and milk would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: The US has established the same MRLs
(tolerances) for soybeans and canola.  No US tolerances have been establisehd for wheat,
peas, meat, milk and eggs.  No CXLs have been recommended by Codex for any commodity.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 September 2001 (available in English and French)G/SPS/N/CAN/121
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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:  31 October 2001
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:  The electronic
version http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13535.pdf.