G/SPS/N/CAN/1522/Add.1  
19 October 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 18 October 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Saflufenacil  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for saflufenacil notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1522 
(dated 18 July 2023) was adopted 11 October 2023. The proposed MRL was established via entry into 
the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.04 Caneberries (crop subgroup 13 -07A)2 
1ppm = parts per million  
2 As raspberries and blackberries are the representative commodities of crop subgroup 13 -07A, an MRL for the 
crop subgroup is established.  
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 Can ada 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/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:  
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.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1522/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to han dle 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 num ber 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/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 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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