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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/253 
10 November 2005 
 (05-5263) 
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), Department of 
Health  
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):  Acibenzolar-S-Methyl (ICS: 65.100, 67.080)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  N ot 
stated  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to 
the Food and Drug Regulations  (1438-Acibenzolar-S-Methyl) (available in English and 
French; pages 3659-3662)  
6. Description of content:  The pest control product (pesticide) acibenzolar-S-methyl is a 
plant defense mechanism activator to provide pr otection against certain bacterial and fungal 
diseases on a wide variety of crops as pre-harvest management. 
 
This proposed regulatory amendment would establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) 
under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of acibenzolar-S-methyl and its metabolite in 
amaranth, arugula, bananas, bok choy Chinese cabbage, broccoli, broccoli raab, Brussels 
sprouts, cabbage, cardoon, cauliflower, celery,  celtuce, Chinese broccoli, Chinese celery, 
Chinese mustard cabbage, collards, corn salad , dandelion leaves, dock, edible leaved 
chrysanthemum, eggplants, endives, fresh cher vil leaves, fresh Florence fennel leaves and 
stalks, garden cress, garden purslane, garla nd chrysanthemum, groundcherries, head lettuce, 
kale, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce, mustard greens,  mustard spinach, Napa Chinese cabbage, New 
Zealand spinach, orach leaves, parsley leaves,  pepinos, peppers, radicchio, rape greens, 
rhubarb, sea kale, spinach, Swiss chard, tomatillo s, tomatoes, tomato paste, upland cress, 
vine spinach and winter purslane in order to permit the import and sale of food containing 
these residues. By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations , the 
MRL for other foods is 0.1 parts per million (p.p.m.).   After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that MRLs for acibenzolar-
S-methyl, including its metabolite, of  
 
• 3 p.p.m. in tomato paste;  
 
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• 1 p.p.m. in bok choy Chinese cabbage, br occoli, broccoli raab, Brussels sprouts, 
cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese broccoli, Chin ese mustard cabbage, collards, eggplants, 
groundcherries, kale, kohlrabi, mustard green s, mustard spinach, Napa Chinese cabbage, 
New Zealand spinach, pepinos, peppers, rape greens, spinach, tomatillos, tomatoes and 
vine spinach;  
 
• 0.25 p.p.m. in amaranth, arugula, cardoon, celery, celtuce, Chinese celery, corn salad, 
dandelion leaves, dock, edible leaved chry santhemum, endives, fresh chervil leaves, 
fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks, garden cress, garden purslane, garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce, leaf lettuce,  orach leaves, parsley leaves, radicchio, 
rhubarb, sea kale, Swiss chard, upland cress and winter purslane; and  
 
• p.p.m. in bananas  
 would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.  
 
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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 5 November 2005 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted  
12. Final date for comments:  19 January 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regul atory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2005/20051105/pdf/g1-13945.pdf