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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/118
13 September 2001
(01-4301)
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:  Health Canada
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: Azoxystrobin  (ICS:  65.100.30)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1223 – Azoxystrobin) (pages 3320-3323)
5. Description of content: Under authority of the Pest Control Products Ac t, the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved an application
for the registration of the pest control product (pesticide) azoxystrobin as a fungicide for the
control of fungal plant pathogens on grapes and rapeseed (canola) as a post-emergenttreatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) under the Food and Drugs Act for residues of azoxystrobin and its isomer resulting
from this use in grapes and rapeseed (canola), and in imported bananas, peaches/nectarines,
peanut oil, peanuts, pecans, tomatoes and toma to paste, in order to permit the sale of food
containing these residues.  This proposed amendment would also establish MRLs in kidney,
liver, meat and meat by-products of cattle, hogs, horses and sheep to cover residues in food
derived from animals fed with crops treated with azoxystrobin.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
azoxystrobin, including its isomer, of 3 parts per million (p.p.m.) on grapes, 1 p.p.m. on
bananas and rapeseed (canola), 0.8 p.p.m. on peaches/nectarines, 0.6 p.p.m. in  tomato
paste, 0.3 p.p.m. in liver of cattle, hogs, horses and sheep, 0.2 p.p.m. on tomatoes, 0.06p.p.m. in kidney of cattle, hogs, horses and sheep, 0.03 p.p.m. in peanut oil and 0.01 p.p.m.
in meat and meat by-products of cattle, hogs, horses and sheep, peanuts and pecans would
not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
6. Objective and rationale: [    X] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,
[    ] protect territory from other damage from pests           G/SPS/N/CAN/118
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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:  There are no Codex MRLs established.  With
the exception of a MRLs for grapes which is higher in Canada than those established by theUS-EPA and the EU, the recommended MR Ls are harmonized with the US-EPA.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 September 2001 (available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  N ot stated
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated
11. Final date for comments:  31 October 2001
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 http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/gl-13535.pdf