G/SPS/N/CAN/1439  
 
8 June 2022  
(22-4328) 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 fluensulfone in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.180, 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: Fluensulfone 
(PMRL2022 -11). Language(s):  English and F rench . Number of pages:  10 and 13  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2022 -11 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for fluensulfone that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
20 Leafy Brassica  greens (crop subgroup 5B)  
15 Citrus oil  
4.0 Root vegetable (except sugar beet) (crop subgroup 1B), leafy vegetables 
(except Brassica  vegetabl es) (crop group 4)  
2.0 Potato chips, potato flakes  
1.5 Head and stem Brassica  (crop subgroup 5A), raisins  
0.9 Dried apples  
0.8 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C), small fruits vine climbing 
(crop subgroup 13 -07D) 
0.5 Low growing berries (crop subgroup 13 -07G) 
0.4 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09) 
0.3 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised), sugarcane molasses  
0.15 Stone fruits (crop group 12 -09) 
0.06 Sugarcane cane  
0.02 Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
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/1439  
 
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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) : 265 Fluensulfone  
[ ] World Organizatio n 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 
fluensulfone in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and lan guage(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada  website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultatio ns.html , PMRL2022 -11, 
posted: 2 June 2022  (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 f rom the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 August 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of o ther 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/2022/fluensulfone/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/serv ices/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2022/fluensulfone/document.html  (French)  
 
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