G/SPS/N/CAN/1409/Add.1  
 
17 March 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 March 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Bromoxynil  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for bromoxynil notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1409 
(dated 28 July 2021) was adopted 15 March 2022. The proposed MRL was established via entry into 
the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agr icultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.05 Annual canarygrass grain  
1 ppm = parts per million  
In addition, this addendum clarifies the maximum residue limit proposed for annual canarygrass seeds 
cited in notification G/SPS/N/CAN/1409. The notification proposed a 0.05 ppm maximum residue limit 
for annual canarygrass seeds. Health Canada's MRL Databa se has recently been updated ( https://pr -
rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ), and the English crop descriptor for annual canarygrass seeds 
has been revised to annual canarygrass grain. There is no change to the French crop descriptor.  
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 Pesticides 
webpage ( 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 ). The database allow s 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  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of prev iously 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.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1409/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] 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. 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 webpage 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/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/pro teger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
 
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1 A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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