G/SPS/N/CAN/1392  
20 May 2021  
(21-4253) Page: 1/2 
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 metalaxyl in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080)  
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: Metalaxyl 
(PMRL2021 -13). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2021 -13 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for metalaxyl that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).   
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
10 Bearberries, bilberries, cloudberries, lowbush blueberries2, muntries, 
 partridgeberries  
1.5 Caneberries (crop subgroup 13 -07A)3 
0.5 Tree Nuts (crop group 14 -11, except almond nuts, blac k walnuts, and 
 English walnuts)4 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established 3.0 ppm MRL for lowbush blueberries.  
3 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established 0.2 ppm MRL for raspberries and add 
MRLs for the remaining commodities in the crop subgroup.  
4 Almond nuts, black walnuts and English walnuts are excluded from this MRL action as a 0.5 ppm 
MRL is already established for these commodities.   
An MRL is proposed for each commodity included in the lis ted 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.  
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.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1392  
 
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  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) : (138 Metalaxyl)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapt er 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 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for metalaxyl 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 , PMRL2021 -13, posted: 
13 May 2021.  (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) : 27 July 2021  
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:   
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 found  at: 
 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2021/metalaxyl/document.html  (English)   
 
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/service s/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2021/metalaxyl/document.html  (French)  
 
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