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Proposed Maximum Residue Limit PMRL2012-18, Flumioxazin
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
6 June 2012
ISSN: 1925-0843 (PDF version)
Catalogue number: H113-24/2012-18E-PDF (PDF version)
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(PDF Version - 97 K)Under the authority of the 
Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has concluded that the addition of new uses on dry beans to the product label of Valtera Herbicide, containing technical grade flumioxazin, is acceptable. The specific uses approved in Canada are detailed on the label of Valtera Herbicide, Pest Control Products Act Registration Number 29230.
The evaluation of this flumioxazin application indicated that the end-use product has merit and value and the human health and environmental risks associated with the new uses are acceptable. Details regarding the registration can be found in the corresponding Evaluation Report available in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website, under Public Registry, Pesticide Product Information DatabaseFootnote 1.
Before registering a pesticide for food use in Canada, the PMRA must determine the quantity of residues that are likely to remain in or on the food when the pesticide is used according to label directions and that such residues will not be a concern to human health. This quantity is then legally established as a maximum residue limits (MRL). 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.
Consultation on the proposed MRL for flumioxazin 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 in Canada in or on food, to be added to the MRLs already legally established for flumioxazin, are as follows.
Common Name |
Residue Definition |
MRL (ppm)Table 1 footnote * |
Food Commodity |
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Table 1 footnotes
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| Flumioxazin | 2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl)-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione | 0.05 | Dry adzuki beans, dry beans, dry blackeyed peas, dry broad beans, dry catjang seeds, dry chickpeas, dry cowpea seeds, dry guar seeds, dry kidney beans, dry lablab beans, dry lima beans, dry moth beans, dry mung beans, dry navy beans, dry pink beans, dry pinto beans, dry rice beans, dry southern peas, dry tepary beans, dry urd beans, grain lupin |
A list of all pesticide MRLs established in Canada, as of the date indicated, 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 MRL for flumioxazin in or on dry beans in Canada is the same as the tolerance established in the United States for "Beans, dry seed". American tolerances are listed in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Part 180, by pesticide). Currently, a Codex Alimentarius MRLFootnote 2 has not been established for flumioxazin on any commodity. A listing of established Codex MRLs is available on the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Residues in Food website, by commodity or pesticide.
Next Steps
The PMRA invites the public to submit written comments on the proposed MRL for flumioxazin up to 75 days from the date of publication of this document. Please forward your comments to Publications. The PMRA will consider all comments received before making a final decision on the proposed MRL for flumioxazin and posting a corresponding Established Maximum Residue Limit document in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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The relevant report can be accessed by selecting Programs and Special Actions/Minor Use/Historical and requesting the Evaluation Report found under Application Number 2011-2840.
- Footnote 2
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The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an international organization under the auspices of the United Nations that develops international food standards, including MRLs.
