G/SPS/N/CAN/1392/Add.1  
14 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 13 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limits: Metalaxyl  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for metalaxyl notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1392 
(dated 20 May 2021) was adopted 8 May 2024. The proposed MRLs were established via entry into 
the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:   
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,  black walnuts, and English walnuts)4 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL replaces the currently established 3.0 ppm MRL for lowbush blueberries.  
3 The MRL replaces 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 
establis hed for these commodities.  
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry 
Crop Groups  webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/cons umer-product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -
food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(https://pest -control.canada.ca/pesticide -registry/en/mrl -search.html ) on the Maximum residue 
limits, human health, and food safety webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-
health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows 
users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication  or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1392/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under  other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicab le 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
 
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpages as 
indicated below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
managemen t/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticides.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sant e-canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada 's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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