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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/120
13 September 2001
(01-4302)
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:  Health Canada
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:  Tribenuron-methyl (ICS:  65.100.20)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and  Drug Regulations (1254 – Tribenuron-methyl) (pages 3329-3332)
5. Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health
Canada has recently approved an application to amend the registration of tribenuron-methyl
in order to allow its use for the control of grassy and broadleaf weeds in flax, oats and
rapeseed (canola) as a post-emergent treatment. This proposed regulatory amendment wouldestablish an MRL for residues of tribenuron-meth yl resulting from this use in flax, oats and
rapeseed (canola), in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that MRLs for
tribenuron-methyl of 0.05 p.p.m. in oats and 0.02 p.p.m. in flax and rapeseed (canola)
would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public. This proposed regulatory
amendment would also amend the French common name, and the English and Frenchchemical names of tribenuron-methyl in order to comply with international nomenclature
conventions.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] 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 Canadian MRLs are harmonized with the
US tolerances for barley, oat and wheat.  The other Canadian MRLs are established for
blueberries, meat and meat byproducts.  No Codex CXLs exist for the tribuneron-methyl at
this time.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 1 September 2001 (available in English and French)G/SPS/N/CAN/120
Page 2
9. Proposed date of adoption:  not stated
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  not stated
11. Final date for comments:  1 October 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: The electronic
version http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13535.pdf.