G/SPS/N/CAN/1354  
 
19 November 2020  
(20-8330) 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 afidopyropen in or on various commodities (ICS: 65.020, 
65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.100, 67.120)  
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: Afidopyropen 
(PMRL2020 -40). Language(s):  English and F rench . Number of pages:  5 and 6  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2020 -40 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for afidopyropen 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  Sorghum  
0.092  Liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep  
0.013  Milk 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The currently established MRL for meat byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep will be 
revised to meat byprod ucts (except liver) of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep.  
3 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.001 ppm.  
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 tex t):  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/CAN/1354  
 
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  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 afidopyropen 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.html , PMRL2020 -40, posted: 
10 November 2020 (available in English and French)   
10. Proposed date of a doption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within 4 to 5 months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada web site.  
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) : 24 January 2021  
Agency or authority designa ted 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/afidopy ropen/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2020/afidopyropene/document.html  (French)  
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