G/SPS/N/CAN/1301  
 
16 March 2020  
(20-2043) 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 mefentrifluconazole in or on various food commodities 
(ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.18 0, 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: Mefentrifluconazole 
(PMRL2020 -04). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2020 -04 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for mefentrifluconazole that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL(ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity  (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
15  Citrus oil  
4.0  Cherries (crop subgroup 12 -09A), cereal grains (crop group 15, except 
wheat, triticale and corn), dried prune plums, raisins  
2.0  Plums (crop subgroup 12 -09C), dry lentils  
1.5  Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09), peaches (crop subgroup 12 -09B), 
small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 
13-07F) 
1.0  Lemons/limes (crop subgroup 10B, revised), rapeseeds (crop 
subgroup 20A, revised)  
0.6  Oranges (crop subgroup 10A, revised),sugar b eet roots  
0.5  Grapefruits (crop subgroup 10C, revised)  
0.4  Dry soybeans  
0.3  Wheat; meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; triticale  
0.2  Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.15  Legume vegetables, succulent or dried (crop group 6), exce pt dry 
lentils and dry soybeans  
0.1  Milk fat  
0.06  Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11) 
0.04  Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C)  
0.03  Sweet corn kernels plus cobs with husks removed  
0.02  Meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; milk  
0.01  Eggs; fat, meat and meat byproducts of hogs and poultry; field corn; 
peanuts; popcorn grain  
1 ppm = parts per million  G/SPS/N/CAN/1301  
 
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  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 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 international standard? If so, identi fy the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant P rotection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for 
mefentrifluconazole in or on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide 
Index website.  
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/cons ultations.html , PMRL2020 -04, posted : 
9 March 2020 (available in English and French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within 4 to 5 months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada web site.  
Proposed date of pub lication (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) : 23 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if availa ble) of other body:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1301  
 
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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/e n/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2020/mefentrifluconazole/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2020/mefentrifluconazole/document.html  (French)  
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