. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1083 
9 June 2005 
 (05-2361) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Grapes, raisons, citrus and citrus oil. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice:  Hexythiazox; 
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (available in English). 
6. Description of content:  EPA has received a pesticide petition (PP) 3F6569 proposing to 
establish a tolerance for residues of hexythiaz ox:  (trans-5- (4-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-
4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine-3-carboxamide) a nd its metabolites containing the (4-
chlorophenyl)-4-methyl-2-oxothiazolidine moie ty expressed as parts per million (ppm) of 
the parent compound in or on grapes at 1.0 ppm, raisins at 4.0 ppm, citrus at 0.5 ppm, and 
citrus oil at 2.0 ppm. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
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:   National maximum residue levels (MRL) for 
hexythiazox on grapes have been established at 0.5 ppm in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Hungry, and at 0.05 ppm in Swit zerland. MRLs for hexyth iazox on citrus have 
been established at 2.0 ppm in Japan and Korea, at 1.0 ppm in Spain, at 0.5 ppm in Italy, at 
1.0 ppm for peel and 0.01 ppm for pulp in Brazil, 0.2 ppm in France and 0.1 ppm in New Zealand. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
1 June 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104)] [Notices] [Page 31455-31459] http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/June/Day-01/p10843.htm
 Available in 
English. G/SPS/N/USA/1083 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   N/A. 
12. Final date for comments:  1 July 2005. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Bonaventure Akinlosotu, Registration Divisi on (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001;  Telephone number:  (703) 605-0653;  E-mail address:   
akinlosotu.bonaventure@epa.gov
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13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Inquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov