G/SPS/N/CAN/1487/Add.1  
31 May 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 31 May 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limits: Abamectin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for abamectin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1487 
(dated 7 March 2023) was adopted 29 May 2023. The proposed MRLs were established via entry into 
the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agr icultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.08 Edible -podded legume vegetables (crop subgroup 6A); edible -podded asparagus beans, 
edible -podded Chinese longbeans  
0.01 Dry shelled pea and bean, except soybean (crop subgroup 6C); succulent shelled  pea 
and bean (crop subgroup 6B); dry asparagus beans, dry Chinese longbeans, dry 
crowder peas, dry field beans, dry soybeans, dry sweet lupins, dry white lupins, dry 
white sweet lupins, succulent shelled crowder peas, succulent shelled sweet lupins, 
succu lent shelled white lupins, succulent shelled white sweet lupins  
1 ppm = parts per million  
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/co nsumer -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 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 pro posed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1487/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 
comm ents 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 circulatio n 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 MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpages as 
indicated below:  
https://www.can ada.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 Af fairs 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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