G/SPS/N/CAN/1474  
 
30 January 2023  
(23-0671) 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 clethodim in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 65.020, 
65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080)  
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: Clethodim 
(PMRL2023 -05). Language(s):  English and French . Number  of pages:  8 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -05 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for clethodim that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
3.0 Napa Chinese cabbages  
2.0 Green onions (crop subgroup 3 -07B)2 
0.6 Leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B)  
0.3 Buckwheat  
0.09 Celeriac tops3, rutabaga tops3 
1 ppm = parts per milli on 
2 The current established MRL for "Onions" at 0.2 ppm will be revised to "Dry bulb onions" at the same 
MRL value to reflect current terminology.  
3 Celeriac and rutabaga roots are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 0.3 ppm is already 
established on 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/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -
your-health -environment/pesticides -food/resid ue-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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 187 Clethodim  G/SPS/N/CAN/1474  
 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Healt h (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:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for clethodim in or on 
the petitioned commodities according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Index website.  
9. Other relevan t 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 , PMRL2023 -05, 
posted: 25 January 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 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 April 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] Nation al 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/2023/clethodim/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produ its-
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/clethodime/document.html  (French)  
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