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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/73
13 October 1999
(99-4376)
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, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  fluazifop-butyl
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1133 –Fluazifop-butyl) (pages 2919-2921)
5.Description of content:  Fluazifop-butyl is registered under the Pest Control Products Act
as a herbicide for the control of a wide range of annual and perennial grasses on various
field crops, legume forages, vegetables, fruit and ornamentals as a post-emergent treatment.
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) have been established under the Food and Drugs Act for
residues of fluazifop-butyl resulting from this use at 1 part per million (p.p.m.) in soybeansand strawberries, 0.3 p.p.m. in mustard and 0.2 p.p.m. in flax and solin. An MRL has also
been established at 0.01 p.p.m. in milk to cover residues in food derived from animals fed
with crops treated with fluazifop-butyl. By virtue of subsection B.15.002(1) of the Food and
Drug Regulations , the MRL for other foods is 0.1 p.p.m.
This proposed regulatory amendment would establish an MRL for residues of fluazifop-
butyl in eggs, fat, meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry andsheep to cover residues in food derived from animals fed with crops treated with fluazifop-
butyl.
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for fluazifop-
butyl of 0.05  p.p.m. in eggs, fat, meat and m eat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses,
poultry and sheep would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public. These newMRLs 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 [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  United States EPA 0.05 p.p.m. (fat, meat, meat
by- products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry, sheep)G/SPS/N/CAN/73
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 2 October 1999; English and French
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.
11. Final date for comments:  1 November 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:           