. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/340 
20 June 2008  
 (08-2944) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Thiabendazole on Belgian endives (witl oof chicory) (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 
67.080; HS Code 070521) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
According to trade statistics, exporters to Canada include Belgium, the Netherlands, the 
United States, and Mexico 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit: Thiabendazole (PMRL2008-23) (a vailable in English and French, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Currently, maximum residue limits (MRLs) are legally established 
in Canada 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 2008, will allow pesticide MRLs to be legally established under the Pest 
Control Products Act (PCPA) without having to adopt MRLs by regulation under the FDA.  
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed domestic MRL for thiabendazole 
that has been proposed by the PMRA since the PCPA came into force on 28 June 2006. 
Consultation is being initiated in advance of Bill C-28 coming into force so that the MRL 
listed in this document can be legally establ ished as soon as possible after the FDA is 
amended. 
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.05  Belgian endives 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed Canadian MRL is the same as the 
corresponding Codex MRL establ ished for thiabendazole on "W itloof chicory (sprouts)". 
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:   
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/ english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2008-23,   
posted: 05 June 2008 (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:  19 August 2008 
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 notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-23-eng.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-23-fra.pdf  (French)