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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/284 
1 May 2007 
 (07-1810) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Thiacloprid (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120)  
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:  Thiacloprid (PMRL2007-02) (a vailable in English and French, 5 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 consult on the listed domestic MRLs for thiacloprid, 
and metabolites retaining the thiazolidine ring in tact, that have been proposed by the Pest 
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) since the PCPA came into force on 
28 June 2006. Consultati on is being initiated in advance of Bill C-28 coming into force so 
that the MRLs listed in this document can be  legally established as soon as possible after the 
FDA is amended. 
 
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
 
0.3  Pome fruit (including:  apples, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws,  
  oriental pears, pears, quinces) 
0.15  Liver of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
0.05  Kidney and meat by-products (exc luding kidney and liver) of cattle, goats, 
  horses and sheep 
0.03  Meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; milk 
0.02  Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep G/SPS/N/CAN/284 
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  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:   
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) website  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english /legis/maxres-e.html#proposedmrls , PMRL2007-02, 
posted: 26 April 2007 (available 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:  10 July 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 notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-02-e.pdf