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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/140
13 June 2002
(02-3284)
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Florasulam (ICS: 65.100)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to
the Food and Drug Regulations ( 1324- Florasulam) (pages 1715-1717)
6. Description of content:  Under authority of the Pest Control Products Act , the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved an application
for the registration of the pest control product (pesticide) florasulam as a herbicide for the
control of broadleaf weeds in barley, oats and wheat as a post-emergent treatment.  This
proposed regulatory amendment would establish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) underthe Food and Drugs Act for residues of florasulam resulting from this use in barley, oats
and wheat, in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [  X ] 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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 June 2002 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.G/SPS/N/CAN/140
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12. Final date for comments:  14 August 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-
13622.pdf