WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/127/Add.1
12 November 2002
(02-6239)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 November 2002, has been received from Canada.
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Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1198 – Glyphosate and Trimethylsulfonium
cation)
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health Canada, has recently approved
an application to amend the registration of glyphosat e in order to allow its use for the control of fall-
seeded rye in asparagus as a pre-emergent treatment.  The PMRA has also approved applications to
amend the registration of glyphosate, formulated as trimethylsulfonium salt, in order to allow its usefor the control of annual and perennial grasses and broadleaf weeds in barley, beans, flax, lentils, oats,
peas, and rapeseed (canola) for pre-harvest management.  This regulatory amendment will establish
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for residues of glyphosate, including its metabolite, resulting from
these uses in asparagus, oat milling fractions, excluding flour, and rapeseed (canola), and amend the
MRLs for beans, oats and flax, in order to permit the sale of food containing these residues.  The
amendment would also establish MRLs for residues of trimethylsulfonium cation in barley, beans,
flax, lentils, oats, oat milling fractions, excluding flour, peas and rapeseed (canola).
After the review of all available data, the PM RA has determined that MRLs for glyphosate,
including its metabolite, of 35 p.p.m. in oat milling fractions, excluding flour, 15 p.p.m. in oats
(increased from 10 p.p.m.), 10 p.p.m. in rapeseed (canola), 4 p.p.m. in beans (increased from
2 p.p.m.), 3 p.p.m. in flax (increased from 1 p.p.m.) and 0.5 p.p.m. in asparagus, and MRLs fortrimethylsulfonium  cation of 15 p.p.m. in barley and oat milling fractions, excluding flour, 10 p.p.m.
in oats and rapeseed (canola), 3 p.p.m. in flax and peas, 1 p.p.m. in beans and 0.5 p.p.m. in lentils
would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.  These MRLs would cover expected residues
of glyphosate and trimethylsulfonium cation in both succulent and dry beans and peas.
The full text of this addendum (final rule) can be downloaded from:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part2/pdf/g2-13623.pdf  or requested from:
Canadian Enquiry Point
Standards Council of Canada200-270 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6N7
Tel.: (613) 238-3222
Fax.: (613) 569-7808
E-mail:  info@scc.ca
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