G/SPS/N/CAN/1529/Add.1  
15 December 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 14 December 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pydiflumetofen  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pydiflumetofen notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1529 (dated 19 September 2023) was adopted 13 December 2023. The proposed MRL 
was established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided d irectly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
10  Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (human food or animal feed)  (crop group 2, except 
garden beet tops2, radish leaves3 and turnip greens3) 
1  ppm = parts per million  
2  Garden beet tops are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 10 ppm is already established for this commodity.  
3  Radish leaves and turnip greens are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 50 ppm is already established 
for these commoditi es. 
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/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/protect ing-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:  
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 addend um to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1529/Add.1  
 
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  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 MRL has been provided above and is also accessible from the MRL webpages as indicated 
below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/service s/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/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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