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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/113
2 July 2001
(01-3296)
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).  Propamocarb hydrochloride   Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:  Canada
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1217 – Propamo carb hydrochloride) (pages 2278-2280)
5. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of propamocarb
hydrochloride in order to allow its use for the control of fungi on cucumbers.  This proposed
regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of propamocarb hydrochlorideresulting from this use in cucumbers, 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
propamocarb hydrochloride of 2 ppm in cucumbers would not pose an unacceptable health
risk to the public.  This proposed regulatory amendment would also amend the common and
chemical names of propamocarb hydrochloride in order to comply with international
nomenclature conventions.
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 an MRL of 2 ppm for
propamocarb on cucumbers.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 23 June 2001 (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.G/SPS/N/CAN/113
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11. Final date for comments:  23 July 2001
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:
Text also available on the internet at: http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13525.pdf