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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/192
2 December 2003
(03-6383)
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):  Trimethylsulfonium Cation (ICS: 65.100.20)
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 (1372 — Trimethylsulfonium Cation) (Available in
English and French; pages 3679-3682)
6. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of glyphosate,
formulated as trimethylsulfonium salt, in order to allow its use for the control of annual andperennial grasses, and broadleaf weeds in soybeans as pre-plant incorporated, pre-emergent
and post-emergent treatments, and for pre-harvest management.  This proposed regulatory
amendment would establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for residues of
trimethylsulfonium cation resulting from this use in soybeans in order to permit the sale of
food containing these residues.  The proposed regulatory amendment would also establish
MRLs in eggs; kidney of horses; meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses
and sheep; meat of poultry; and milk to cover residues in food derived from animals fedwith crops treated with glyphosate, formulated as trimethylsulfonium salt. The proposed
regulatory amendment would also increase the MRL for lentils from 0.5 p.p.m. to 1.5
p.p.m., increase the MRL for kidney of cattle, goats, hogs and sheep from 0.5 p.p.m. to 1
p.p.m., and decrease the MRL for kidney and liver of poultry from 0.5 p.p.m. to 0.1 p.p.m.
as a result of the evaluation of additional data submitted in connection with thisapplication.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for residues of
trimethylsulfonium cation of 13 p.p.m. in soybeans, 1.5 p.p.m. in lentils, 1 p.p.m. in kidney
of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep, 0.5 p.p.m. in meat and meat by-products of cattle,
goats, hogs, horses and sheep, and milk, 0.1 p.p.m. in kidney and liver of poultry, 0.05
p.p.m. in meat of poultry and 0.02 p.p.m. in eggs would not pose an unacceptable healthrisk 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, 22 November 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:  5 February 2004
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/2003/20031122/pdf/g1-13747.pdf