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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/170
19 May 2003
(03-2671)
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 num ber(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Metalaxyl (ICS:  65.100.30)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not
stated
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations (1345 — Metalaxyl) (English and French;
pages 1405-1408).
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of metalaxyl in
order to allow its use for the control of seed-borne Septoria, seedling blight, general seedrots, covered smut, false loose smut and Pythium damping-off; and for the suppression of
common root rot, Fusarium crown rot, Fusarium foot rot, and take-all in barley as a seed
treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish a Maximum Residue
Limit (MRL) for residues of metalaxyl including its metabolites containing the
2,6-dimethylaniline moiety resulting from this use in barley, 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
metalaxyl including its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethylaniline moiety of
0.05 p.p.m. in barley would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.  This
proposed regulatory amendment would also amend the chemical name of metalaxyl in
order to comply with international nomenclature conventions.
7. 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
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:G/SPS/N/CAN/170
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 10 May 2003 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada
Gazette, Part I.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted.
12. Final date for comments:  24 July 2003
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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030510/pdf/g1-13719.pdf