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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/239/Add.2 
3 July 2009  
 (09-3241) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 30 June 2009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada
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Weed Seeds Order, 2005
 
  This communication serves to inform Members that the Weed Seeds Order , 2005, previously 
notified in G/SPS/CAN/239, has been amended as noted below.  
 The Weed Seeds Order  (WSO) is a Ministerial Order made under the Seeds Act  and is an 
integral part of the seed standards of Canada.  The purpose of the WSO is to identify the species of 
plants classified as weed seeds for the purpose of establishing grades under the Seeds Act . 
  Weeds are classified according to the seriousn ess of the effects that they may have in 
agricultural production systems if found in seed.  Th e number of weed seeds of each class permitted 
in the different grades of seed is specified in Schedule I of the Seeds Regulations .  Six classes of 
weeds are included in the WSO: Class 1 – Prohibited Noxious (Applicable to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations ); 
Class 2 – Primary Noxious (Applicable to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations  except 
Tables XIV and XV); 
Class 3 – Secondary Noxious (Applicable  to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations  except 
Tables XIV and XV); Class 4 – Secondary Noxious (Applicable to Table XII of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations ); 
Class 5 – Noxious (Applicable to Tabl es XIV and XV of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations );  and 
Class 6 – Seeds of all other plants not listed as crop kinds in Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations.  
 
 Amendments are necessary to respond to new weed problems and to reclassify those species 
that are no longer a problem.   This addendum concerns the reclassification of Giant foxtail ( Setaria faberi ) within the WSO.  
As Giant foxtail is now too widespread in Canada  to fit the definition of Class 1 Prohibited Noxious, 
it is being reclassified as a Class 2 Primary Noxious weed species.    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has provided opportunity for consultations on 
the WSO through G/SPS/N/CAN/239.  In addition, the reclassification represen ts a reduction in the 
regulatory requirements, and is trade liberalizing.  Therefore, the reclassification of Giant foxtail from 
Class 1 to Class 2 is proceeding directly to the Canada Gazette , Part II, as a Ministerial Order. 
 G/SPS/N/CAN/239/Add.2 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [   ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  [ X ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
Text available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body : 
 
The electronic version of the notified measure can be downloaded from: http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2009/2009-06-24/pdf/g2-14313.pdf
 (Canada Gazette ) 
or 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/20 09/2009-06-24/html/sor-dors161-eng.html  (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/20 09/2009-06-24/html/sor-dors161-fra.html  (French) 
 or requested from:  Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel:  +(613) 238 3222 
Fax:  +(613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca     
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