G/SPS/N/CAN/1527  
21 August 2023  
(23-5606) Page: 1/3 
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 tolfenpyrad 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: Tolfenpyrad 
(PMRL2023 -40). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  19 and 20  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -40 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for tolfenpyrad  that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
40 Brassica  leafy greens (crop subgroup 4 -13B)2 
30 Citrus oil3; bitter lettuce, blackjack, cat's wh iskers, cham -chwi, cham -na-mul, 
Chinese amaranth, Chinese violets, chipilin, buckhorn plantain leaves, 
cosmos, dang -gwi, dol -nam-mul, ebolo, English primrose, escaroles, 
fameflowers, feather cockscombs, fresh cilantro leaves, fresh dillweed leaves, 
good Ki ng Henry, huauzontles, Indian asters, jute leave  
10 Green onions (crop subgroup 3 -07B) 
1.5 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09) 
1.0 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09, except apples)  
0.8 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised)4 
0.7 Cottonseeds (crop subgroup 2 0C) (revised)5 
0.09 Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3 -07A) 
0.01 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C)6 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 This PMRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL  of 30 ppm for arugula, garland cress 
and upland cress.  
3 This PMRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 70 ppm for citrus oil.  
4 This PMRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 1.5 ppm for citrus fruits.  
5 This PMRL is  proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.7 ppm for undelinted cotton 
seeds with a single MRL on crop subgroup 20C (revised). This MRL will be applicable to all 
commodities within crop subgroup 20C (revised).  
6 This PMRL  is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.01 ppm for potatoes with a 
single MRL on crop subgroup 1C. This MRL will be applicable to all commodities within crop subgroup 
1C. G/SPS/N/CAN/1527  
 
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  The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can b e found on 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 secti on of the Canada.ca website.  
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 internati onal standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 269 Tolfenpyrad  
[ ] 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:  Table 3 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed for 
tolfenpyrad in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada  website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations. html, PMRL2023 -40, 
posted: 15 August 2023  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five 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) : 29 October 2023  
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:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1527  
 
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  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/2023/tolfenpyrad/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada .ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/tolfenpyrade/document.html  (French)  
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