. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/525/Rev.1 
20 July 2009  
 (09-3545) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Revision
 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  ANVISA – Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency 
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):  Pesticide on lettuce, peanuts, eggplant, carrot, beans, papaya, watermelon and 
pepper 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolution – RE nº 1987, 22 May 2009 on chlorothalonil 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation modifies Resolution RE nº 165, 
29 August 2003, by including in it use of chlorothalonil in the culture of lettuce (MRL:  6.0 mg/kg and safety period of 10 days).  It also changes its use in the cultures of: 
Peanuts – MRL from 0.5 to 0.1 mg/kg; 
Eggplant - MRL from 0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg; Carrot - MRL from 0.5 to 0.2 mg/kg; Beans - MRL from 0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg; Papaya - MRL from 0.1 to 3.0 mg/kg; Watermelon - MRL from 0.1 to 3.0 mg/kg; 
Melon - MRL from 0.1 to 0.5 mg/kg;  and 
Pepper - MRL from 0.1 to 3.0 mg/kg. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    G/SPS/N/BRA/525/Rev.1 
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   [   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Codex Alimentarius established MRLs of chlorothalonil for few 
cultures, but not for all listed above.  Some of them are higher, others are lower.  The listed 
MRLs were established following: 
− toxicological assessment of the pesticide and its residue;  and 
− review of residue data from supervised trials and supervised uses including those 
reflecting national good agricultural practices. 
They also consider the various dietary residue  estimates and determinations in comparison 
with the acceptable daily intake, in order to indicate that foods complying with these MRLs 
are safe for human consumption.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 25 May 2009;  Section 1, page 71 (available in 
Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  22 May 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  25 May 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  25 May 2009    
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57 CEP: 71.205-050  
Brasilia – DF/Brazil 
Tel:  +(55) 61 3462 5402 Fax:  +(55) 61 3462 5414 E-mail:  naint@anvisa.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link:  
http://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/inde x.jsp?jornal=1&pagin a=71&data=25/05/2009