G/SPS/N/CAN/1268  
 
30 August 2019  
(19-5608) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Pesticide chloropicrin in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be aff ected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Chloropicrin 
(PMRL2019 -20). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2019 -20 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for chloropicrin that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.025  American plums, azaroles, beach plums, Beltsville bunching onions, black 
cherries, Canada plums, capulins, cherry plums, chickasaw plums, Chinese 
quinces, Damson plums, daylilies, elegans hosta, fresh Chinese chive leaves, 
fresh chive leaves, fresh onions, fritillaria bulbs, fritillaria leaves, Japanese 
apricots, Japanese plums, Japanese quinces, jujubes, klamath plums, kurrats, 
lady's leeks, lilies, macrostem onions, medlars, Nanking cherries, pearl onions, 
serpent garlic, shallot bulbs2, shallot leaves2, sloes, tejocotes, wild leeks  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 To reflect current terminology, it is proposed that the established MRL for shallots be replaced with 
MRLs for shallot bulbs and shallot leaves.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify th e standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protec tion Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/CAN/1268  
 
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for chloropicrin in or 
on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Index website.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada  website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2019 -20, 
posted: 27 August 2019  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : On the date the measure is adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 November 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/healt h-canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2019/chloropicrin/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/co nsultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2019/chloropicrine/document.html  (French)  
 
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