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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/134
8 May 2002
(02-2598)
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).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Zoxamide  (ICS 65.100)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1317- Zoxamide (pages 1271-1274)
5. Description of content:  Under authority of the Pest Control  Products  Act, the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health Canada, has approved an application
for the registration of the pest control product (pesticide) zoxamide as a fungicide for thecontrol of early and late blight in potatoes and for the control of black rot, downey mildew
and powdery mildew in grapes.  This propos ed regulatory amendment would establish
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) under the Food and Drugs Act  for residues of zoxamide
resulting from this use in grapes and raisins, and for residues of zoxamide and its
metabolites resulting from this use in potato processed fractions (chips, flakes and granules)
and potatoes, in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that MRLs for zoxamide of
15 parts per million (p.p.m.) in raisins and 3 p.p.m. in grapes, and MRLs for zoxamide and
its metabolites of 0.3 p.p.m. in potato processed fractions (chips, flakes and granules) and
0.06 p.p.m. in potatoes would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.  These new
MRLs harmonize with those 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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 27 April 2002  (Available in English and French)G/SPS/N/CAN/134
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  11 July 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:
12. 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 Canada Gazette, Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13617.pdf.