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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/152
17 October 2002
(02-5665)
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):  Nicosulfuron (ICS: 65.100.20)
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 (1335 -Nicosulfuron) (English and French, pages 3126-3128)
6. Description of content:
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has recently
approved an application to amend the registration of nicosulfuron in order to allow its use
for the control of black bulrush in blueberries as a post-emergent treatment.  This proposed
regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of nicosulfuron resulting fromthis use in blueberries 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
nicosulfuron of 0.05 p.p.m. in blueberries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the
public.  This regulatory amendment will also amend the chemical name of nicosulfuron inorder to comply with international nomenclature conventions.
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, 12 October 2002 (Available in English and French).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not statedG/SPS/N/CAN/152
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not stated
12. Final date for comments:   26 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/g1-13641.pdf