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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/175
 20 June 2003
(03-3329)
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, Health Canada
3. Products covered (provide tariff item num ber(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Spinosad (ICS: 65.100.10)
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 (1339 - Spinosad) (English and French, pages 1871-1874).
6. Description of content:
Spinosad is registered under the Pest Control Products Act as an insecticide for the control
of oblique banded leafroller larvae in apples. By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of the
Food and Drug Regulations , the maximum residue limit (MRL) for residues of spinosad
[consisting of spinosyn A and spinosyn D] in any food is 0.1 parts per million (p.p.m.).
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health Canada, has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of spinosad in order to allow its use for
the control of the Colorado potato beetle in potatoes. This proposed regulatory amendment
would establish MRLs for residues of spinosad resulting from this use in potatoes, in order
to permit the sale of food containing these residues. The regulatory amendment would also
specifically list the MRL of 0.1 p.p.m. in apples in the Regulations.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for spinosad of
0.1 p.p.m. in apples and 0.02 p.p.m. in potatoes would not pose an unacceptable health risk
to the public.
7. 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
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:G/SPS/N/CAN/175
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 14 June 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:  28 August 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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/2003/20030614/pdf/g1-13724.pdf