G/SPS/N/CAN/1316  
20 July 2020 
(20-4965) 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 glufosinate -ammonium 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: 
Glufosinate -Ammonium (PMRL2020 -07). Language(s):  English and French . Number of 
pages:  6 and 7  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2020 -07 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs for glufosinate -ammonium that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity  (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.5 Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11)2; olives3 
0.3 Stone fruits (crop group 12 -09)4 
0.05 Carrot roots  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm for tree nuts (crop group 14 -11). 
3 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm for olives.  
4 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.2 ppm for stone fruits (crop group 12 -09). The currently 
established MRL of 0.25 ppm for dried prune plums will be removed as residues will be covered under 
the 0.3 ppm MRL for stone fruits (crop group 12 -09). 
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.  
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/1316  
 
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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) : (175 Glufosinate -Ammonium)  
[ ] 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 
glufosinate -ammonium in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada web site: https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-managemen t/public/consultations.html , PMRL2020 -07, posted: 
15 July 2020  (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.  
Prop osed 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) : 28 September 2020  
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/2020/glufosinate -ammonium/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2020/glufosinate -ammonium/document.html  (French)   
 
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