WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/716/Add.1
7 October 2003
(03-5276)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 3 October 2003, has been received from the
United States.
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Products using the pesticide Thiacloprid
This regulation establishes tolerances for combin ed residues of thiacloprid ([3-[(6-chloro-3-
pridinyl)methyl]-2-thiazolidinylidene]cyanamide) and metabolites retaining the thiazolidine ring
intact, measured and expressed in terms of thiacloprid, per se in or on apple, wet pomace at 0.6 ppm;cattle, sheep, goat, and horse meat at 0.03 ppm; cattl e, sheep, goat and horse meat byproducts at 0.05
ppm; cattle, sheep, goat, and horse liver at 0.15 ppm; cattle, sheep, goat, and horse kidney at 0.05
ppm; and cattle sheep, goat, and horse fat at 0.02 ppm; cotton, undelinted seed at 0.02 ppm; cotton,
gin byproducts at 11.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.3 ppm; and milk at 0.03 ppm.  Bayer
CropScience requested these tolerances under th e Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
This regulation is effective 26 September 2003.  Objections and requests for hearings,
identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0304], must be received on or before 25 November 2003.
The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be found at the address below.
DOCID:fr26se03-17, Federal Register:  26 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 187)
Pages 5503-55513; http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-26/p24371.htm ;
available in English
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Pr ograms (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov Note:  Identify docket
name "OPP-2003-0304" in subject line of your response.
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.  Tel: (202)
690-1642, Fax:  (202) 690-0677, Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov
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