WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/130/Add.1
12 November 2002
(02-6247)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 November 2002, has been received from Canada.
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Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1303 - Fomesafen)
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health Canada, has recently approved
an application to expand the registration of fomesafen in order to allow its use for the control of
broadleaf weeds in dry beans, snap beans and soybeans as a post-emergent treatment in an additionalarea of the country.  This regulatory amendment will establish a Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for
residues of fomesafen resulting from this use in dry beans, snap beans and soybeans, 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 fomesafen
of 0.05 ppm in dry beans, snap beans and soybeans would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the
public.  This new MRL harmonizes with the one established by the United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency.
The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be downloaded from:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part2/pdf/g2-13623.pdf  or requested from:
Canadian Enquiry Point
Standards Council of Canada
200-270 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6N7Tel.: (613) 238-3222
Fax.: (613) 569-7808
E-mail:  info@scc.ca
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