. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/305 
6 November 2007  
 (07-4826) 
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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Metalaxyl (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 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: Metalaxyl (PMRL2007-14) (ava ilable 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.  
MRLs for metalaxyl on livestock  commodities were initially proposed by the PMRA in 
PMRL2006-01 , including MRLs for fat, kidney, live r, meat and meat byproducts (except 
kidney and liver) of cattle, goats , hogs, horses, poultry and sheep.  However, the Agency has 
determined that the MRL proposed for kidney of  cattle, goats, hogs, hor ses and sheep should 
be increased from 0.7 ppm to 0.85 ppm.  An MRL of 0.7 ppm remains for kidney of poultry. 
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed revised MRLs for metalaxyl that 
have been proposed by the PMRA since th e PCPA came into force on 28 June 2006. 
Consultation is being initiated in advance of Bill C-28 coming into force so that the MRLs listed in this document can be legally establ ished as soon as possible after the FDA is 
amended. 
MRL (ppm)
 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.85  Kidney of cattle, goa ts, hogs, horses and sheep 
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    G/SPS/N/CAN/305 
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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 langu age(s) in which these are available:    
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc .ca/english/legis/maxr es-e.html#proposedmrls , PMRL2007-14, 
posted:  01 November 2007 (avail able 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:  15 January 2008 
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 notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/e nglish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-14-e.pdf  (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/fran cais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2007-14-f.pdf  (French)