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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/57
16 July 1999
(99-2943)
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:  Quinclorac
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1112 –Quinclorac) (pages 2021-2024)
5. Description of content:
Under the authority of the Pest Control Pr oducts Act, the Pest Management Regulatory
Agency (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved an application for the registration of the pest
control product quinclorac as a herbicide for th e control of weeds on barley and wheat as a
pre-emergent and post-emergent treatment.  This proposed regulatory amendment would
establish Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) under the Food and Drugs Act for residues of
quinclorac in barley and wheat, resulting from this use as well as eggs; meat, meat by-
products and fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep; meat and meat by-products and fat ofpoultry and milk in order to cover residues that  may result in by-products of animals fed with
crops treated with quinclorac.  The proposed regulatory amendment would also establish an
MRL for rice imported into Canada, in order to permit the sale of food containing these
residues.  By virtue of subs ection B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations, the MRL for
other crops is 0.1 parts per million (ppm).
Before making a registration decision regard ing a new pest control product, the PMRA
conducts the appropriate assessment of the risks and value of the product specific to its
proposed use.  Pest control products will be re gistered if:  the data requirements for assessing
value and safety have been adequately addressed;   the evaluation indicates that the product has
merit and value;  and the human health and environmental risks associated with is proposed
use are acceptable.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs of 5 ppm for
quinclorac in rice, 2 ppm in barley, 0.5 ppm in  wheat and 0.05 ppm in eggs, meat, meat by-
products and fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses,  poultry and sheep and milk would not pose an
unacceptable health risk to the public.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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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, 3 July 1999 (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  16 September 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:           