G/SPS/N/CAN/1526/Add.1  
7 November 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 6 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limits: Diflufenican  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for diflufenican notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1526 
(dated 7 August 2023) was adopted 1 November 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  
0.01 Dry soybeans, eggs; fat, meat and meat by -products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, 
poultry and sheep; field corn, milk  
1ppm = parts per million  
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, human health, and food safety 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:  
Comment period: (If the adde ndum 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 extensi on 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:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1526/Add.1  
 
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  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/sant e-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 SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: + (343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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