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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/146
3 October 2002
(02-5324)
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 (PMRA), Health Canada
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):  Thiamethoxam (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 (1313-Thiamethoxam) (English and French,pages 2949-2951)
6. Description of content:
This proposed regulatory amendment would establish an acceptable Maximum Residue
Limit (MRL) for residues of thiamethoxam and its metabolite in crops on which
thiamethoxam is used in other countries.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
thiamethoxam and its metabolite of 0.02 p.p.m. in all food crops 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 di sease,  [   ]  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, 28 September 2002 (Available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not stated
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not statedG/SPS/N/CAN/146
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12. Final date for comments:   12 December 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/g1-13639.pdf