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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/129
7 May 2002
(02-2586)
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:  Fludioxonil  (ICS 65.100)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1301- Fludioxonil (pages 1254-1256)
5. Description of content:  This proposed regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for
residues of fludioxonil in apricots, peaches/ nectarines and plums, in order to permit the
import and sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for
fludioxonil of 2 p.p.m. in apricots, peache s/nectarines and plums 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,  [  X ] plant protection,
[ X ] 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:  The United States has established time-limited
tolerances of 5 ppm in/on apricots, nectarines, peaches and plums, expiring
31 December 2001.  A tolerance of 2 ppm is pending on stone fruit group.  The Canadian
MRL will be in compliance with the US tolerance.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 27 April 2002  (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/129
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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.