WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/74
13 October 1999
(99-4380)
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:  Health Canada
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).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  2, 4-D
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1154 – 2,4-D) (pages 2933-2935)
5.Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of 2,4-D in order to
allow its use as a spot treatment for the (wipe on) control of broadleaf weeds that grow
above the cranberry fields.  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish an MRL
for residues of 2,4-D resulting from this use in cranberries, 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 2,4-D of
0.5 p.p.m. in cranberries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.  This new
MRL harmonizes with that established by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
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 [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  No Codex Maximum Residue Limit (MRL).
United States tolerance on cranberries is 0.5 p.p.m.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 2 October 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:  1 November 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:           