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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/111
16 May 2001
(01-2520)
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:  Cymoxanil
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1230-Cymoxanil) (pages 1600-1602)
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) cymoxanil as a fungicide for the
control of late blight on potatoes. This proposed regulatory amendment would establish aMaximum Residue Limit (MRL) under the Food and Drugs Act for residues of cymoxanil
resulting from this use on potatoes, in order to permit the sale of food containing these
residues.  This proposed amendment would also establish an MRL in fat, meat and meat by-
products of cattle, goats, hogs and sheep; and milk to cover residues in food derived from
animals fed with crops treated with cymoxanil.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
cymoxanil of 0.05 part per million (ppm) in fat, meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats,hogs and sheep, milk and potatoes would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: :   Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 5 May, 2001 (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.G/SPS/N/CAN/111
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11. Final date for comments:  4 July 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:
Text also available on the internet at: http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13518.pdf