G/SPS/N/CAN/1479/Add.1  
17 May 2023  
(23-3449) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 May 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Established Maximum Residue Limits: Pendimethalin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pendimethalin notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1479 (dated 21 February 2023) was adopted 15 May 2023. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.1 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09)2; stone fruits (crop group 12 -09)3 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The established MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on pome fruits (crop group 11 -09) replaces the previous MRL of 0.1 ppm 
in/on individual commodities within this crop group.  
3 The established MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on stone fruits (crop group 12 -09) replaces the previous MRL of 0.1 ppm 
in/on individual commodities within this crop group.  
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemist ry 
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 f ound 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 Pesticid es 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/1479/Add.1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  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 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.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 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  
 
__________