. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/127
7 May 2002
(02-2585)
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Glyphosate and Trimethylsulfonium cation (ICS 65.100)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1198- Glyphosate and Trimethylsulfonium cation) (pages 1246-
1249)
5. Description of content:  The  Pes t M anag em ent  Reg ulato ry  Ag ency   (PMRA) of He al th
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of  glyphosate  in
order  to  allow  its  use  for  the  control  of fall-seeded rye in asparagus  as  a  pre-emergenttreatment.  The PMRA  has  also  approved applications to amend the registration of
glyphosate, formulated as trimethylsulfonium salt,  in  order  to allow its use for the control
of annual and perennial grasses and broadleaf weeds in  barley,  beans,  flax,  lentils,  oats,
peas,  and rapeseed  (canola)  for  pre-harvest management.  This  proposed regulatory
amendment would establish MRLs for residues of glyphosate, including  its  metabolite,
resulting  from  these  uses  in asparagus,  oat  milling  fractions,  excluding  flour,  and
rapeseed (canola), and amend the MRLs for beans, oats and flax in order to permit the saleof food containing these residues. The amendment would  also  establish  MRLs  for
residues  of  trimethylsulfonium cation  in  barley,  beans,  flax,  lentils,  oats,  oat milling
fractions, excluding flour, peas and rapeseed (canola).
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has  determined  that  MRLs  for
glyphosate,  including  its  metabolite,  of 35  p.p.m.  in  oat  milling  fractions,  excludingflour,  15  p.p.m.  in oats  (increased from 10  p.p.m.),  10  p.p.m.  in  rapeseed  (canola),
4 p.p.m. in beans (increased from 2 p.p.m.), 3 p.p.m. in flax (increased from 1 p.p.m.) and
0.5 p.p.m. in asparagus, and MRLs for trimethylsulfonium cation of 15 p.p.m. in barley and
oat milling fractions, excluding flour, 10 p.p.m. in oats and rapeseed (canola), 3 p.p.m. in
flax and peas, 1 p.p.m. in beans and 0.5 p.p.m. in lentils  would  not  pose an  unacceptablehealth  risk  to  the  public. These MRLs would cover expected  residues  of  glyphosate and
trimethylsulfonium  cation  in  both  succulent  and  dry  beans  and peas.
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           G/SPS/N/CAN/127
Page 2
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex CXL of 20 ppm on glyphosate residues
is established for oats.  There is a US tolerance of 5 ppm established for glyphosate residues
on lentil.  The proposed Canadian MRLs are not being harmonized with any internationalstandards.  No deviations have been identified.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 27 April 2002  (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  11 July 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:
12. 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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13617.pdf.