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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/181/Rev.1
2 December 2003
(03-6063)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
Revision
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):  Cyhalothrin-lambda (ICS: 65.100.10)
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 Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations (1387 — Cyhalothrin-lambda) (Available in English and
French; pages  3686-3689)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of cyhalothrin-
lambda in order to allow its use for the control of onion thrips on leeks. This proposedregulatory amendment would establish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for residues of
cyhalothrin-lambda resulting from this use in  leeks, in order to permit the sale of food
containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
cyhalothrin-lambda of 0.15 p.p.m. in leeks would not pose an unacceptable health risk tothe public.
As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, an Interim Marketing
Authorization (IMA) was issued on 19 July 2003, to permit the immediate sale of leeks
containing residues of cyhalothrin-lambda with an MRL of 0.15 p.p.m. while the regulatory
process to formally amend the Regulations is undertaken.
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] 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:G/SPS/N/CAN/181/Rev.1
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 22 November 2003 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in the Canada
Gazette, Part I.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   On the date the measure is adopted.
12. Final date for comments:  5 February 2004
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20031122/pdf/g1-13747.pdf