. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1178 
13 December 2005 
 (05-5904) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Bananas and grapes  
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. A Notice of 
Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Estab lishment of Regulations for Residues of the 
Fungicide Metiram in or on Food Comm odities (Available in English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the fungicide metiram:  a mixture of 5.2 parts by weight of ammoniates of ethy lenebis(dithiocarbamato) zinc with 1 part by 
weight ethylenebis (dithiocarbamic acid) bimolecular and trimolecular cyclic 
anhydrosulfides and disulfides, calculated as zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in or on 
imported bananas (whole fruit) and grapes.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] 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,  [   ] 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:  Federal Register: 
30 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229), Pages 71829-71831, 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-30/p23444.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   G/SPS/N/USA/1178 
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 12. Final date for comments:
  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0308, must be received on or before 30 December 2005. 
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:  Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel: 202-720-4051; Fax: 202-690-0677; E-mail: fstsd@usda.gov