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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/136
13 June 2002
(02-3286)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health
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):  Sethoxydim (ICS: 65.100)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations ( 1197- Sethoxydim) (pages 1694-1697)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has approved an application to amend the registration of sethoxydim in order to
allow its use for the control of grasses in asparagus, blueberries, carrots, flax, peppers,
pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, sunflowers and turnips as a post-emergent treatment.
This proposed regulatory amendment would establish MRLs for residues of sethoxydim
and its metabolites resulting from these uses in asparagus, blueberries, carrots, flax,peppers, pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, sunflowers and turnips, establish an MRL for
mustard, and increase the MRLs for cranberries and lentils, in order to permit the sale of
food containing these residues.  The MRL for cranberries is being increased from
0.5 p.p.m. to 2 p.p.m. in conjunction with a decision to decrease the minimum time
between application of sethoxydim and harvest.  The MRL for lentils is being increased
from 4 p.p.m. to 30 p.p.m. in order to harmonize with the one established by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The proposed Canadian MRL of 2 ppm on
cranberries will harmonize with the US tolerance.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 June 2002 (Available in English and French)G/SPS/N/CAN/136
Page 2
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
12. Final date for comments:  14 August 2002
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://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-
13622.pdf