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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/104
16 May 2001
(01-2517)
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:  Imidacloprid
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1200-Imidacloprid) (pages 1585-1588)
5. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has approved applications to amend the registration of imidacloprid in order to
allow its use for the control of flea beetles on mustard as a seed treatment and its use for the
control of aphids and whiteflies on cucumbers. This proposed regulatory amendment wouldestablish MRLs for residues of imidacloprid and its metabolites resulting from this use in
mustard seed and cucumbers, and in imported citrus fruits and pecans, in order to permit the
sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
imidacloprid, including its metabolites, of 1 ppm in citrus fruits, 0.5 ppm in cucumbers and
0.05 ppm in mustard seed and pecans 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 [     ].
If an international standard, guidelin e or recommendation exists, give the
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:
The US tolerances:
pecans 0.05 ppm
citrus 1.0 ppmcucurbits 0.2 ppm
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: :   Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 5 May, 2001 (Available in English and French)G/SPS/N/CAN/104
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  4 June 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