G/SPS/N/CAN/1527/Add.1  
16 November 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 16 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limits: Tolfenpyrad  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for tolfenpyrad notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1527 
(dated 21 August 2023) was adopted 13 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  
40 Brassica  leafy greens (crop subgroup 4 -13B)2 
30 Citrus oil3; bitter lettuce, blackjack, cat's whiskers, cham -chwi, cham -na-mul, Chinese 
amaranth, Chinese violets, chipilin, buckhorn p lantain leaves, cosmos, dang -gwi, dol -
nam-mul, ebolo, English primrose, escaroles, fameflowers, feather cockscombs, fresh 
cilantro leaves, fresh dillweed leaves, good King Henry, huauzontles, Indian asters, jute 
leaves  
10 Green onions (crop subgroup 3 -07B) 
1.5 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09) 
1.0 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09, except apples)  
0.8 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised)4 
0.7 Cottonseeds (crop subgroup 20C) (revised)5 
0.09 Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3 -07A) 
0.01 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C)6 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 This PMRL replaces the currently established MRL of 30 ppm for arugula, garland cress and upland cress.  
3 This PMRL replaces the currently established MRL  of 70 ppm for citrus oil.  
4 This PMRL replaces the currently established MRL of 1.5 ppm for citrus fruits.  
5 This PMRL replaces the currently established MRL of 0.7 ppm for undelinted cotton seeds with a single MRL on 
crop subgroup 20C (revised). This MRL  is applicable to all commodities within crop subgroup 20C (revised).  
6 This PMRL replaces the currently established MRL of 0.01 ppm for potatoes with a single MRL on crop subgroup 
1C. This MRL is applicable to all commodities within crop subgroup 1C.  
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.htm l) 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/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-G/SPS/N/CAN/1527/Add.1  
 
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  health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows 
users to search for pesticides or for food commodi ties. 
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 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 ma y 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 nu mber 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 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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