Pest Management Regulatory Agency
18 July 2013
ISSN: 1925-0843 (PDF version)
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Under the authority of the
Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing to establish a maximum residue limit (MRL) for isopyrazam on bananas to permit the import and sale of foods containing such residues.
Isopyrazam is a fungicide not currently registered for use in Canada.
The PMRA must determine the quantity of residues that are likely to remain in or on the imported food commodities when isopyrazam is used according to label directions in the exporting country, and that such residues will not be a concern to human health. This quantity is then legally established as an MRL on the corresponding imported commodity. 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 establishment of this MRL on an imported commodity 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.
Consultation on the proposed MRL for isopyrazam 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 MRL is also being conducted internationally by notifying the
World Trade Organization, as coordinated by the
Standards Council of Canada.
The proposed MRL for isopyrazam is as follows.
| Common Name | Residue Definition | MRL (ppmTable 1 footnote 1) | Food Commodity |
|---|---|---|---|
Table 1 footnotes
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| Isopyrazam | 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-(1-methylethyl)-1,4-methanonaphthalen-5-yl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide | 0.05 | Bananas |
MRLs established in Canada may be found using the Maximum Residue Limit Database on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides webpage. The database allows users to search for pesticides(s) or for food commodity(ies).
The MRL proposed for isopyrazam in Canada is the same as the corresponding American tolerance as listed in the
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Part 180, by pesticide. Currently, there are no Codex MRLsFootnote 2 listed for isopyrazam in or on any commodity on the Codex Alimentarius
Pesticide Residues in Food webpage.
The PMRA invites the public to submit written comments on the proposed MRL for isopyrazam 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. Comments received will be addressed in a separate document linked to this proposed MRL. The established MRL will be legally in effect as of the date that they are entered into the Maximum Residue Limit Database.
The relevant report can be accessed by selecting Applications/New/Historical and requesting the Evaluation Report found under Application Number 2010-3110.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an international organization under the auspices of the United Nations that develops international food standards, including MRLs.