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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/295 
22 August 2007  
 (07-3535) 
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):  Thiamethoxam (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: Thiamethoxam (PMRL2007-11) (a vailable in English and French, 6 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 2007, will allow pestic ide 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 MRLs for thiamethoxam, 
including the metabolite CGA 322704, that have been proposed by the PMRA since the PCPA came into force on 28 June 2006.  Consulta tion is being initiated in advance of Bill C-
28 coming into force so that the MRLs listed in this document can be legally established as soon as possible after the FDA is amended. 
MRL (ppm)
 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.03 ppm Potatoes 0.04 ppm Potato, chips 
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, 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:    G/SPS/N/CAN/295 
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  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/e nglish/legis/maxres-e.html
, PMRL2007-11, posted: 
15 August 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:  29 October 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 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/e nglish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-11-e.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/fran cais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-11-f.pdf  (French)