WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/58
16 July 1999
(99-2944)
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):  Tebufenozide.  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:           
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1176)
5. Description of content:  Tebufenozide is registered under the Pest Control Products Act  as
an insecticide for the control of caterpillars and worms in apples.  A Maximum ResidueLimit of 1 part per million (ppm) has been established under the Food and Drugs Act  for
residues of tebufenozide in apples resulting from this use.  By virtue of subsection
B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations , the MRL for other crops is 0.1 ppm.  This
proposed regulatory amendment would establish MRLs for residues of tebufenozide in
raisins, kiwi fruit and grapes, in order to permit the import and sale of food containing theseresidues.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  CODEX has recommended a tolerance of 0.5
ppm for kiwi fruit and 0.5 ppm for grapes.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 3 July 1999 (English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  not stated
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  not stated
11. Final date for comments:  18 July 1999
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:           