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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/154
4 December 2002
(02-6694)
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):  Quizalofop-ethyl (ICS:  65.100.20)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not
sated
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Interim Marketing
Authorization regarding the use of Quizalofop-ethyl (English and French; pages 3388-
3389)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved applications to amend the registration of quizalofop-ethyl in
order to allow its use for the control of annual grasses on adzuki beans, black beans, brownand yellow eye beans, cranberry beans, lima beans, mung beans, navy beans, pinto beans,
white beans and white and red kidney beans as a post-emergent treatment.  The PMRA has
also been requested to establish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for residues of
quizalofop-ethyl and its metabolites resulting from this use in adzuki beans, dry beans
(which includes black beans, brown and yellow eye beans, cranberry beans and white
beans), dry lima beans, kidney beans, mung beans, navy beans and pinto beans, in order to
permit the sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
quizalofop-ethyl, including its metabolites, of  0.15 p.p.m. in adzuki beans, dry beans, dry
lima beans, kidney beans, mung beans, navy beans and pinto beans 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 adzuki beans, dry
beans, dry lima beans, kidney beans, mung beans, navy beans and pinto beans with an
MRL for quizalofop-ethyl, including its metabolites, of 0.15 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 the
opportunity 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
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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, 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 (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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13645.pdf