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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/65
12 October 1999
(99-4295)
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, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Cyfluthrin
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1143 –Cyfluthrin) (pages 2925-2928)
5.Description of content: Under authority of the Pest Control Products Act , the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved an application
for the registration of the pest control product (pesticide) cyfluthrin as an insecticide for the
control of horn flies, chewing lice and sucking lice on beef and dairy (including lactating)
cattle, and as a general surface spray in live-stock housing structures, including poultryhouses; it is also used as a spot, crack and crevice treatment for the broad-spectrum control
of crawling, flying and wood destroying insect pests for indoor surfaces in food/feed
establishments, dwellings, institutions, modes of transportation and pet kennels. This
proposed regulatory amendment would establ ish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) under
the Food and Drugs Act for residues of cyfluthrin resulting from this use in milk fat (in
whole milk); fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horse s, poultry and sheep; milk; meat and meat by-
products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry and sheep; and eggs, in order to permit thesale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for cyfluthrin
of 15 parts per million (p.p.m.) in milk fat (in whole milk); 5 p.p.m. in fat of cattle, goats,
hogs, horses, poultry and sheep; 0.5 p.p.m. in milk; 0.4 p.p.m. in meat and meat by-products
of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry and sheep; and 0.01 p.p.m. in eggs would not pose anunacceptable health risk to the public. These new MRLs harmonize with those established
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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           G/SPS/N/CAN/65
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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 United States has the same tolerances.
Internationally, CODEX has recommended a CXL of 0.01 p.p.m. for cattle milk which is
lower than the proposed Canadian MRL, therefore there would be no trade irritant withrespect to imports.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 2 October 1999; English and French
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  1 December 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: