G/SPS/N/CAN/1371  
 
11 February 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
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):  Pesticide flupyradifurone in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.200)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Flupyradifurone 
(PMRL2021 -02). Language(s):  English an d French . Number of pages:  5 and 6  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2021 -02 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for flupyradifurone that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
9.0 Celtuce, fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks  
8.0 Tropical and subtropical palm fruits, edible peel (crop subgroup 23C)  
6.0 Kohlrabies  
3.0 Sesame seeds  
0.70 Sunflowers (crop subgroup 20B) (revised), Texas p rickly pear pads  
0.30 Pineapples  
0.01 Stalk and stem vegetables (crop subgroup 22A, except celtuce2, fresh 
Florence fennel leaves and stalks2, kohlrabies3, prickly pear pads4, Texas 
prickly pear pads5) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Celtuce and fresh Florence  fennel leaves and stalks are excluded from this MRL action as a separate 
MRL of 9.0 ppm is proposed for these commodities.  
3 Kohlrabies is excluded from this MRL action as a separate MRL of 6.0 ppm is proposed for the 
commodity.  
4 Prickly pear pads are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 0.70 ppm is already established 
for the commodity.  
5 Texas prickly pear pads are excluded from this MRL action as a separate MRL of 0.70 ppm is 
proposed for the commodity.  
An MRL is proposed  for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the  Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage 
(https://www.canada.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 and 
Pest Management section of the Canada.ca website.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1371  
 
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  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) : 285 Flupyradifurone  
[ ] World Organization for Animal  Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] 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:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for flupyradifurone 
in or on the petitioned commodities according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Index 
website.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada website: https://w ww.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2021 -02, 
posted: 9 February 2021  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to f ive months from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : On the date the measure is adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 April 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] Natio nal Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2021/flupyradifurone/document.html  (English)  
https://www.ca nada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2021/flupyradifurone/document.html  (French)  
 
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