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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/567/Add.1
18 August 2003
(03-4282)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, 9 July 2003 has been received from the United States.
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Products that carry the pesticide Emamectin and its metabolites
This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of Emamectin in or on the
following commodities:
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                                                                                  Parts per
                         Commodity                                       million------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cotton, gin byproduct 0.050
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.025
Tomato, paste 0.150
Turnip, greens 0.050
Vegetable, Brassica, leafy, group 5 0.050
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 0.020Vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 0.100
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• Indirect and inadvertent residues.  Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent
combined residues of Emamectin (MAB1a + MAB1b isomers) and the associated 8,9-
Z isomers (8,9-ZB1a + 8,9-ZB1b) in or on the following commodities when present therein asa result of the application of Emamectin to crops listed in the table to paragraph (a) of this
section:
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                                                                                  Parts per                         Commodity                                       million
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Cattle, fat 0.003
Cattle, liver 0.020
Cattle, meat 0.002Cattle, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005
Cattle, milk 0.003
Goats, fat 0.003
Goats, liver 0.020
Goats, meat 0.002Goats, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005G/SPS/N/USA/567/Add.1
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Goats, milk 0.003
Hogs, fat 0.003
Hogs, liver 0.020
Hogs, meat 0.002
Hogs, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005Hogs, milk 0.003
Horses, fat 0.003
Horses, liver 0.020
Horses, meat 0.002
Horses, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005
Horses, milk 0.003
Sheep, fat 0.003Sheep, liver 0.020
Sheep, meat 0.002
Sheep, meat byproducts (except liver) 0.005
Sheep, milk 0.003
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Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  In the
Federal Register of 20 March 2002 (67 FR 12990 ) (FRL-6824-4), EPA issued a notice pursuant to
section 408 of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a, as amende d by FQPA (Public Law 104-170), announcing the
filing of a pesticide petition (PP 7F4845) by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419.  That notice included a summary of the petition prepared by Syngenta Crop
Protection, Inc., the registrant.  There were no comments received in response to the notice of filing.
DOCID: fr09jy03-21, Federal Register:  9 July 2003 (Volume 68, Number 131) Page 40791-
40803;  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/July/Day-09/p17212.htm; (Available in
English).
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Pr ograms (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note:  Identify docket
name "OPP-2003-0220" in subject line of your response.
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.
Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 690-0677, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov
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