G/SPS/N/CAN/1435/Add.1  
 
5 August 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 4 August 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Topramezone  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for topramezone notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1435 (dated 2 May 2022) was adopted 27 July 2022. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Ag ricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.05 Fat and meat by -products of poultry2 
0.01 Rapeseeds3 (crop subgroup 20A) (revised); eggs and meat of poultry2 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 From poultry consumption of feed treated with topramezone.  
3 Canola is a variety of rapeseed.  
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 Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(https://pest -control.canada.ca/pesticide -registry/en/disclaimer -page.htm l) 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 pesti cides 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 regul ation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1435/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 Poi nt. 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 ha ve 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.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)  
 
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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