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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/288 
16 July 2007 
 (07-2999) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 (PMRA), 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):   1-Methylcyclopropene (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 67.080)  
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 Maximum 
Residue Limit: 1-Methylcyclopropene (PMRL 2007-06) (available in English and French, 
4 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
Currently, maximum residue limits (MRL s) are legally established under the Food and 
Drug Regulations  (FDR) after consultation through the Canada Gazette . Amendments to 
the Food and Drugs Act  (FDA) via Bill C-28, anticipated to come into force in 2007, will 
allow pesticide MRLs to be legally established under the Pest Control Products Act  (PCPA) 
without their having to be adopted by regulation under the FDA. 
 
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed domestic MRL for 
1-methylcyclopropene that has been proposed by the PMRA since the PCPA came into 
force on 28 June 2006. Consultati on is being initiated in adva nce of Bill C-28 coming into 
force so that the MRLs listed in this docume nt can be legally established as soon as possible 
after the FDA is amended. 
 
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.01 ppm Tomatoes 
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   G/SPS/N/CAN/288 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection 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:   
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/legis/maxres-e.html , PMRL2007-06,  
posted:  10 July 2007 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted 
12. Final date for comments:  23 September 2007 
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://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-06-e.pdf  (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/francais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-06-f.pdf  (French)