G/SPS/N/CAN/1268/Add.1  
 
5 December 2019  
(19-8368) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 5 December 2019, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Chloropicrin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for chloropicrin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1268 
(dated 30 August 2019) was adopted 25 November 2019. The proposed MRLs were established via 
entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricul tural 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 on ions, serpent garlic, shallot bulbs2, shallot leaves2, 
sloes, tejocotes, wild leeks  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 To reflect current terminology, the established MRL for shallots is now replaced with MRLs for shallot bulbs and 
shallot leaves.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ) on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides 
webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protect ing-your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -
limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows users to search for pesticides(s) or for food 
commodity(ies).  
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/1268/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 Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notifi cation 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 webpage as 
indicated below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/service s/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 Driv e 
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
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