G/SPS/N/CAN/1254  
 
22 August 2019  
(19-5412) 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 cypermethrin in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be af fected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cypermethrin 
(PMRL2019 -09). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  6 and 7  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2019 -09 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for cypermethrin that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC)  and/or Processed Commodity  
2.0  Cherries (crop subgroup 12 -09A); lowbush blueberries  
0.82 Bushberries (crop subgroup 13 -07B, except lowbush blueberries); 
 caneberries (crop subgroup 13 -07A) 
0.32,3 Low growing berries (crop subgroup 13 -07G, except lowbush 
 blueberries)  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Although lowbush blueberry is a commodity in both crop subgroup 13 -07B and 13 -07G, the 
proposed crop subgroup MRLs do not apply to lowbush blueberries, as a separate MRL is being 
proposed for this commodity.  
3 As strawberries are included in crop subgroup 13-07G, it is proposed that the currently established 
MRL of 0.2 ppm for strawberries be replaced by the MRL of 0.3 ppm for the commodities in crop 
subgroup 13 -07G. 
MRLs are 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 we bsite.  
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/1254  
 
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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) :  
 118 Cypermethrins (including alpha - and zeta - cypermethrin)  
[ ] 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 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for cypermethrin 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 , 
PMRL2019 -09, posted: 13 August 2019  (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 October 2019  
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 downloaded at:  
https:/ /www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2019/cypermethrin/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2019/cypermethrine/document.html  (French)  
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