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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/166
9 May 2003
(03-2469)
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:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
3. Products covered (provide tariff item num ber(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Rimsulfuron (ICS:  65.100.20, 67.080.10)
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 (1336 – Rimsulfuron) (English and French;
pages 1314-1316)
6. Description of content:  Rimsulfuron is registered under the Pest Control Products Act as
a herbicide  for the control of a wide variety of weeds and grasses in corn, potatoes and
tomatoes as a post-emergent treatment.  A maximum residue limit (MRL) has been
established under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of rimsulfuron resulting from this
use at 0.05 parts per million (p.p.m.) in tomatoes.  By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of
the Food and Drug Regulations , the MRL for other foods is 0.1 p.p.m.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of rimsulfuron in order to allow its usefor the control of black bulrush in blueberries as a post-emergent treatment.  This proposed
regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of rimsulfuron resulting from
this use in blueberries, 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
rimsulfuron of 0.05 p.p.m. in blueberries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the
public.
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
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/166
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 3 May 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:  17 July 2003
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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20030503/pdf/g1-13718.pdf