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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/103
16 May 2001
(01-2515)
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, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Clethodim
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to the Food
and Drug Regulations (1157- Clethodim) (pages 1581-1584)
5. Description of content:  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of clethodim in
order to allow its use for the control of annual and perennial grasses in beans, chickpeas and
onions as a post-emergent treatment. This proposed regulatory amendment would establishMRLs for residues of clethodim and its metabolites resulting from this use in beans,
chickpeas and onions, 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 clethodim,
including its metabolites, of 0.5 ppm in beans and chickpeas; and 0.2 ppm in onions would
not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public. This proposed regulatory amendment
would also amend the chemical name of cleth odim in order to comply with international
nomenclature conventions.
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:  The US EPA has set a tolerance of 2 ppm for
clethodim on dry beans.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: :   Canada Gazette,
Part 1, 5 May, 2001 (Available in English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Not stated.G/SPS/N/CAN/103
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11. Final date for comments:  4 June 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:
Text also available on the internet at: http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13518.pdf