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Pest Management Regulatory Agency
14 October 2011
ISSN: 1925-0843 (PDF version)
Catalogue number: H113-24/2011-39E-PDF (PDF version)

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Under the authority of the  Pest Control Products Act, HHealth Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to establish maximum residue limits (MRLs) for ethiprole in or on rice and tea leaves to permit the import and sale of foods containing such residues.

Ethiprole is an insecticide not currently registered for use in Canada.

The PMRA has determined the quantity of residues that are likely to remain in or on the imported food commodities when ethiprole is used according to label directions in the exporting countries. The Agency has also determined that such residues will not be a concern to human health and is proposing to legally establish corresponding import MRLs. An MRL applies to the identified raw agricultural food commodity as well as to any processed food product that contains it, except where separate MRLs are specified for the raw agricultural commodity and a processed product made from it.

Details regarding the import MRLs can be found in the corresponding Evaluation Report that is available in the Pesticides and Pest Management section Health Canada's website, under Public Registry, Pesticide Product Information Database.^footnote1

Consultation on the proposed MRLs for ethiprole is being conducted via this document (see Next Steps, the last section of this document).

To comply with Canada's international trade obligations, consultation on the proposed MRLs is also being conducted internationally by notifying the  World Trade Organization, as coordinated by the  Standards Council of Canada.

The proposed MRLs for ethiprole in Canada in or on food are as follows.

Table 1 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limits for Ethiprole

Common Name	Residue Definition	MRL (ppm)	Food Commodity
Ethiprole	5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-(ethylsulfinyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile	30	Tea leaves (dried)
		1.7	Rice

A complete list of all pesticide MRLs established in Canada can be found on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides webpage in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.

International Situation and Trade Implications

The proposed Canadian MRLs for ethiprole are the same as corresponding tolerances established in the United States (tolerances are listed in the  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Part 180, by pesticide). Currently, there are no Codex MRLs^{footnote 2} listed for ethiprole in or on any commodity on the Codex Alimentarius  Pesticide Residues in Food webpage.

Next Steps

The PMRA invites the public to submit written comments on the proposed import MRLs for ethiprole up to 75 days from the date of publication of this document. Please forward your comments to Publications (see the contact information on the cover page of this document). The PMRA will consider all comments received before making a final decision on the proposed MRLs for ethiprole and posting a corresponding Established Maximum Residue Limit document in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.