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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/130
8 May 2002
(02-2588)
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:  Fomesafen  (ICS 65.100)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1303- Fomesafen (pages 1257-1259)
5. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to expand the registration of fomesafen in
order to allow its use for the control of br oadleaf weeds in dry beans, snap beans and
soybeans as a post-emergent treatment in an additional area of the country.  This proposedregulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of fomesafen resulting from
this use in dry beans, snap beans and soybeans, in order to permit the sale of food
containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that an MRL for fomesafen
of 0.05 p.p.m. in dry beans, snap beans and soybeans would not pose an unacceptable health
risk to the public. This new MRL harmonizes with the one 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:  The US EPA has set tolerances of 0.05 ppm for
fomesafen on dry beans, snap beans and soybeans.
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/130
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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.