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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/200 
6 April 2004 
 (04-1553) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fluazifop-butyl (ICS: 65.100.20) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not 
stated. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment to 
the Food and Drug Regulations (1378 — Fluazif op-butyl) (available in English and French; 
pages 871-874) 
6. Description of content:   The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) of Health 
Canada has recently approved an application to  amend the registration of fluazifop-butyl in 
order to allow its use for the control of quackgrass in blueberries as a post-emergent 
treatment.  This proposed regulatory amen dment would establish a Maximum Residue 
Limit (MRL) for residues of fluazifop-butyl r esulting from this use in blueberries, in order 
to permit the sale of food containing these residues.  
After the review of all available data, the PMRA has determined that an MRL for 
fluazifop-butyl of 0.1 p.p.m. in blueberries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to 
the public.  This proposed regulatory amendmen t would also amend the English chemical 
name of fluazifop-butyl in order to comply  with international nomenclature conventions. 
7. 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 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 27 March 2004 (availab le in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Normally within 5 to 8 mont hs of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I. G/SPS/N/CAN/200 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   On the date the measure is adopted. 
12. Final date for comments:  10 June 2004 
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:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040327/pdf/g1-13813.pdf  
 
 