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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/148
4 October 2002
(02-5325)
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 (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):  Methoxyfenozide (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 (1326-Methoxyfenozide) (English and French,pages 2955-2958)
6. Description of content:
The pest control product (pesticide) methoxyfenozide is an insecticide for the control of
lepidopteran insects on apples, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, oriental pears, pears and
quinces.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of methoxyfenozide in apples,
crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, oriental pears, pears and quinces, and in fat, meat and meat
by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep, and for residues of methoxyfenozide
and its metabolite in kidney and liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep, in order to
permit the import and sale of food containing these residues.  By virtue of
subsection B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations , the MRL for other foods is
0.1 parts per million (p.p.m.).
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
methoxyfenozide of 1.5 p.p.m. in apples, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, pears, oriental
pears and quinces, and 0.1 p.p.m. in fat, meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs,horses and sheep, and an MRL for methoxyfenozide, including its metabolite, of 0.1 p.p.m.
in liver and kidney of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep 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 di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 28 September 2002 (Available in English and French).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not stated
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not stated
12. Final date for comments:   12 December 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/g1-13639.pdf