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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/128
8 May 2002
(02-2583)
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:  Imazethapyr  (ICS 65.100)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1290- Imazethapyr (pages 1250-1253)
5. Description of content:  The  Pes t M anag em ent  Reg ulato ry  Ag ency   (PMRA) of He al th
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of imazethapyr in
order to allow its use for the control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in beans as a
pre-plant incorporated treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish anMRL for residues of imazethapyr resulting fr om this use in beans (kidney beans, lima
beans, navy beans, pinto beans, runner beans, snap beans, tepary beans and wax beans), 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
imazethapyr of 0.1 p.p.m. in beans would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
This new MRL harmonizes with that established by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The US EPA has a tolerance of 0.1 ppm
established for imazethapyr, as its ammonium salt, on the legume vegetable group (dry or
succulent) which includes Navy bean.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 27 April 2002  (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/128
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11. Final date for comments:  11 July 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:
12. 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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13617.pdf.