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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1539 
3 May 2007 
 (07-1846) 
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):   Various  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of  the notified document:  NOTICE.  Notice of 
Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities (available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This document proposes to amend an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of vitamin E (CAS no. 1406-18-4) by including the form of vitamin E alcohol (d-alpha tocophero l, CAS no. 59-02-9 and dl-alpha tocopherol, 
CAS no. 10191-41-0), and vitamin E Acetate (d-a lpha tocopheryl acetate, CAS no. 58-95-7 
and dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, CAS no. 7695- 91-2), in or on raw agricultural commodities 
when used as an ingredient in pesticide formulations used in accordance with good 
agricultural practices. Vitamin E is a chemi cal complex that includes eight naturally 
occurring homologues having a chromanol ring and a twelve-carbon aliphatic side chain containing two methyl groups in the middle and two or more methyl groups on the end. 
Vitamin E is found in many plant-derived foods  and is believed to be necessary for human 
health.  Vitamin E alcohol in the form of d-alpha tocopherol has the highest biological activity of the compounds in the vitamin E complex. Vitamin E alcohol and its ester, vitamin E acetate, are commonly consumed as di etary supplements.  Vitamin E alcohol and 
vitamin E acetate are common food additives. V itamin E alcohol is used as an antioxidant 
for foods or food chemicals.  Vitamin E acetate is a common animal feed additive and is 
used widely in topical skin care products.  EPA has determined that the petition contains data or information regarding the elements  set forth in section 408 (d)(2) of the FFDCA; 
however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficien cy of the submitted data at this time or 
whether the data supports granting of the petiti on. Additional data may be needed before 
EPA rules on the petition. Because this petitio n is a request for an exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance without numerical limitations, no analytical method is required. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   G/SPS/N/USA/1539 
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  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:  Federal Register: 
4 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number  64) Notices Page 16352-16356; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/April/Day-04/p6047.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is a notice of availability which may or may not 
result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 4 May 2007, and may 
be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0306. 
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:  Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov