G/SPS/N/CAN/1484  
 
28 February  2023 
(23-1363) 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 carfentrazone -ethyl in or on various commodities 
(ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.200, 67.220)  
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: Carfentrazone -ethyl 
(PMRL2023 -13). Language(s):  Englis h and French . Number of pages:  9 and 10  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -13 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for carfentrazone -ethyl that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity2,3 
0.1 Bulb vegetables (crop group 3 -07); leafy vegetables (crop group 4 -13); 
fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09); pome fruits (crop group 11 -09); 
stone  fruits (crop group 12 -09); bushberries (crop subgroup 13 -07B); 
rapeseeds (crop subgroup 20A) (revised); sunflowers (crop subgroup 20B) 
(revised); leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B); fresh peppermint 
leaves, dried peppermint leaves, fresh s pearmint leaves, dried spearmint 
leaves  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The current established MRL of 0.8 ppm for the milling fractions of barley, buckwheat, millet, oat, 
rye, triticale, and wheat will be expired, as the processed fractions will be covered by  the established 
MRL of 0.1 ppm for the raw agricultural commodities (RAC).  
3 The commodities of edible leaved chrysanthemum, Chinese mustard cabbage, mustard spinach and 
pepper hybrids, all at the established MRL of 0.1 ppm, will be expired to reflect rec ent changes in crop 
grouping terminology. The currently established MRLs (all at 0.1 ppm) for the following commodities 
will be expired and replaced by their relevant proposed crop group/subgroup MRLs: Chinese onions, 
dry bulb onions, garlic, great headed garlic, green onions, leeks, potato onions, shallots, tree onion 
tops, Welsh onion tops; amaranth, arugula, bok choy Chinese cabbages, broccoli rabe, Chinese 
broccoli, collards, corn salad, dandelion leaves, dock, endives, fresh chervil leaves, fresh parsl ey 
leaves, garden cress, garden purslane, garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce, kales, leaf lettuce, 
Malabar spinach, mustard greens, New Zealand spinach, orach, radicchio, rape leaves, spinach, Swiss 
chard, upland cress, winter purslane; bell peppers, eggp lants, groundcherries, non -bell peppers, 
pepinos, tomatillos, tomatoes; apples, Asian pears, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, pears, quinces; 
apricots, fresh prune plums, nectarines, peaches, plumcots, plums, sweet cherries, tart cherries; 
blueberries, curran ts, elderberries, gooseberries, huckleberries; flaxseeds, mustard seeds (oilseed 
type), rapeseeds (canola); safflower seeds, sunflower seeds; cardoon, celery, Chinese celery and 
rhubarb.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1484  
 
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  The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be f ound on 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 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 P lant Protection 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 carfentrazone -
ethyl 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/consultations.htm l, PMRL2023 -13, 
posted: 21  February 2023  (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 publicati on (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) : 7 May 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availab le) of other body:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1484  
 
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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 found at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/cons umer-product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2023/carfentrazone -ethyl/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/carfentrazone -ethyl/document.html  (French)  
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