G/SPS/N/CAN/1352/Add.1  
 
9 March 2021  
(21-1980) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 9 March 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Chlormequat chloride  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for chlormequat chloride notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1352 (dated 18 November 2020) was adopted 4 March 2021. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly b elow:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
80 Oat bran  
40 Oats 
20 Barley bran, wheat germ  
15 Wheat bran  
8 Barley  
5 Wheat2 
0.7 Meat by -products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.4 Milk 
0.09 Eggs; meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.08 Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.06 Meat by -products of poultry  
0.05 Fat, meat and meat by -products of hogs; fat and meat of poultry  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Replaces the established MRL of 1 ppm for wheat.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ) on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesti cides 
webpage ( https://www.canad a.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protecting -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:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1352/Add.1  
 
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  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 addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Add ress, 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 MRLs have bee n provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpage as 
indicated below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticides.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -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 Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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