G/SPS/N/CAN/1295  
8 January 2020  
(20-0143) 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 pyroxasulfone 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: Pyroxasulfone 
(PMRL2019 -38). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CAN/20_0061_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CAN/20_0061_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2019 -38 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pyroxasulfone that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.2 Potato flakes, potato granules  
0.08 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C)  
1 ppm = parts per million  
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, identify 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 Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/CAN/1295  
 
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for pyroxasulfone in 
or on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Index we bpage.  
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 -38, posted: 
27 November 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) : 10 February 2020 The Canadian authority 
responsible for this PMRL is having technical difficulties with the website that has some of 
their Regulatory documents, which includes t he proposed MRL (PMRL) documents. They 
have informed the Canadian Enquiry Point that one or both links to the PMRL document 
may not function; however, they do not want to further hold back the PMRL document as 
the domestic consultation is ongoing. In turn,  the Canadian Enquiry Point is providing the 
electronic versions of the PMRL (English and French) for your convenience.  
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/pyroxasulfone/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2019/pyroxasulfone/document.html  (French)  
 
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