. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1153 
11 November 2005 
 (05-5300) 
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):  Kitten and cat flea collars.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice.   Phenothrin and 
s-Methoprene; Product Cancellation Orde r.  Available in English, 2 pgs.  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticides phenothrin and s-methoprene, pursuant to federal law.  This cancellation 
order follows a 15 July 2005 (corrected 3 A ugust 2005) Federal Register Notice of Receipt 
of a Request from the registrant to voluntarily cancel their product labeled for use as a spot-
on for cats and kittens.  In the 15 July 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an 
order implementing the cancellation no earlier th an 31 October 2005.  EPA further indicated 
that the request for cancellation was irrevo cable.  The Agency did not receive any 
comments on the Notice during the 30-day comment period.  Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this Notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellation.  Any 
distribution, sale, or use of the product is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this 
order, including any existing stocks provisions.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [   ] 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,  [ X ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1153 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
4 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 213, Pages: 67171-67172), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-04/p22039.htm .  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  4 November 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  4 November 2005  
12. Final date for comments:   
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:  Information Technology and Resource Management Division 
(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National 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