G/SPS/N/CAN/1316/Add.1  
 
20 October 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 19 October 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Glufosinate -Ammonium  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for glufosinate -ammonium notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1316 (dated 20 July 2020) was adopted 13 October 2020. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided di rectly below:  
MRL (ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.5  Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11)2; olives3 
0.3  Stone fruits (crop group 12 -09)4 
0.05  Carrot roots  
1ppm = parts per million  
2 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm for tree nuts (crop group 14 -11). 
3 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm for olives.  
4 Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.2 ppm for stone fruits (crop group 12 -09). The MRL of 0.25 ppm for 
dried prune plums has been removed as residues are covered under the 0.3 ppm MRL for stone fruits (crop group 
12-09). 
An MRL is established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with 
the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups  webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/con sumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-
health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found us ing 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 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/1316/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 circula tion of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  
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 MRLs have been 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.ht ml (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 Aut hority 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@inte rnational.gc.ca   
 
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