G/SPS/N/CAN/1484/Add.1  
26 May 2023  
(23-3611) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 25 May 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Carfentrazone -ethyl 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for carfentrazone -ethyl notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1484 (dated 28 February 2023) was adopted 22 May 2023. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly bel ow: 
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity2,3 
0.1  Bulb vegetables (crop group 3 -07); leafy vegetables (crop group 4 -13); fruiting 
vegetables (crop group 8 -09); pome fruits (crop group 11 -09); stone fruits (crop group 
12-09); bushberries (crop subgroup 13 -07B); rapeseeds (crop subgroup 20A) (revised); 
sunflowers (crop subgroup 20B) (revised); leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B); 
fresh peppermint leaves, dried peppermint leaves, fresh spearmint leaves, dried 
spearmin t leaves  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The previously established MRLs of 0.8 ppm for the milling fractions of barley, buckwheat, millet, oat, rye, 
triticale, and wheat are expired, as the processed fractions are covered by the established MRLs of 0.1 ppm fo r 
the raw agricultural commodities (RAC).  
3 The commodities of edible leaved chrysanthemum, Chinese mustard cabbage, mustard spinach and pepper 
hybrids, all at the previously established MRL of 0.1 ppm, are expired to reflect recent changes in crop groupin g 
terminology. The previously established MRLs (all at 0.1 ppm) for the following commodities are expired and 
replaced by their relevant proposed crop group/subgroup MRLs: Chinese onions, dry bulb onions, garlic, great 
headed garlic, green onions, leeks, p otato onions, shallots, tree onion tops, Welsh onion tops; amaranth, arugula, 
bok choy Chinese cabbages, broccoli rabe, Chinese broccoli, collards, corn salad, dandelion leaves, dock, endives, 
fresh chervil leaves, fresh parsley leaves, garden cress, garde n purslane, garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce, 
kales, leaf lettuce, Malabar spinach, mustard greens, New Zealand spinach, orach, radicchio, rape leaves, spinach, 
Swiss chard, upland cress, winter purslane; bell peppers, eggplants, groundcherries, non -bell peppers, pepinos, 
tomatillos, tomatoes; apples, Asian pears, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, pears, quinces; apricots, fresh prune 
plums, nectarines, peaches, plumcots, plums, sweet cherries, tart cherries; blueberries, currants, elderberries, 
gooseberries , huckleberries; flaxseeds, mustard seeds (oilseed type), rapeseeds (canola); safflower seeds, 
sunflower seeds; cardoon, celery, Chinese celery and rhubarb.  
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry 
Crop Groups  webpage ( https://www.canad a.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -
food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada m ay be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(https://pest -control.canada.ca/pesticide -registry/en/mrl -search.html ) on the Maximum Residue 
Limits for P esticides webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/ health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -G/SPS/N/CAN/1484/Add.1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  food/maximum -residue -limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows users to search for pesticides or 
for food commodities.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of propose d regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a n ew deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Text(s) available from: []  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpages as 
indicated below:  
 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticides.html  (English)  
 
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits-consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
 
or requested from:  
 
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers a nd Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
__________