WORLD TRADE
G/SPS/N/USA/1956
7 October 2009
ORGANIZATION
(09-4796)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Original: English
NOTIFICATION
1.
Notifying Member: UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2.
Agency responsible: US Environmental Protection Agency
3.
Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Almond, hulls at; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; date; and pomegranate
4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X]
All trading partners
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Specific regions or countries:
5.
Title of the notified document: Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerances Language: English
Number of pages: 7
6.
Description of content: This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of spinosad,
consisting of two related active ingredients: Spinosyn A (Factor A; CAS#131929-60-7) or
2-[(6-deoxy-2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-[alpha]-L- manno-pyranosyl)oxy]-13-[[5-(dimethylamino)tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H- pyran-2-yl]oxy]-9-ethyl-2,3,3a,5a,5b,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,16a,16btetradecahydro-14-methyl-1H-as-Indaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15dione;
and
Spinosyn D (Factor D; CAS#131929-63-0) or 2-[(6- deoxy-2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-[alpha]-Lmanno-pyranosyl)oxy]-13-[[5- (dimethyl-amino)-tetrahydro-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-yl]oxy]9-ethyl2,3,3a,5a,5b,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,16a,16b-tetradecahydro-4,14-methyl-1HasIndaceno[3,2-d]oxacyclododecin-7,15-dione, in or on almond, hulls at 19 ppm; nut, tree,
group 14 at 0.10 ppm; pistachio at 0.10 ppm; date at 0.10 ppm; and pomegranate at
0.30 ppm.
7.
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.
8.
Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[X]
Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard
or related text)
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World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter number)
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International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
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None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[ ] Yes [X] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard: Codex MRLs exist for spinosad on almond hull (2 ppm) and
almond nutmeat (0.01 ppm). These MRLs are based on field trial data which employed a
14-day pre-harvest interval (PHI), while the US almond hull (19 ppm) and tree nut (0.10
ppm) tolerances are based on a 1-day PHI. Since the US and Codex tolerances are based on
different application scenarios and since the US tolerances are significantly greater (10x)
than those currently established by Codex, harmonization is not possible.
9.
Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: This final rule
is available at [Federal Register: 23 September 2009 (Volume 74, Number 183)][Rules and
Regulations] [Page 48402-48408] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPAPEST/2009/September/Day-23/p22534.htm. This final rule was published subsequent to a
notice in the [Federal Register: 3 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 233)] [Notices]
[Page 73648-73652] http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/December/Day-03/p28668.htm
10.
Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 23 September 2009
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 23 September 2009
11.
Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or
(dd/mm/yy): 23 September 2009
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12.
Trade facilitating measure
Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification
and/or (dd/mm/yy): 23 November 2009
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if
available) of other body: Laura Nollen, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC
20460-0001;
telephone
number:
(703)
305-7390;
e-mail
address:
nollen.laura@epa.gov. Please reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0810
13.
Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: United States
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1
202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov