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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/298 
22 August 2007  
 (07-3538) 
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):  Sodium acifluorfen (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 67.060) 
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: Sodium Acifluor fen (PMRL2007-09) (available in English and French, 4 
pages) 
6. Description of content:  Currently, maximum residue limits (MRLs) 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 cons ult on the listed domestic MRL for sodium 
acifluorfen, including its corresponding acid, me thyl ester and amino analogue metabolites, 
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  
0.02  Dry soybeans 
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/298 
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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/english/legis/maxr es-e.html#proposedmrls
, PMRL2007-09, 
posted:  7 August 2007 (availab le 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:  21 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 regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/e nglish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-09-e.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/fran cais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-09-f.pdf  (French)