G/SPS/N/CAN/1060/Add.1  
 
9 January 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 4 January 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Sulfuryl Fluoride  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL ) document for sulfuryl fluoride notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1060 (dated 4 October 2016) was adopted 29 December 2016. The proposed MRLs 
were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly 
below:  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricu ltural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
3.0 Crop Group 14 -11: Tree Nuts (except almond nuts and pistachio nuts)2 
2.0 All processed foods  
0.5 Peanuts  
0.2 Cacao beans  
0.1 Crop Group 15: Cereal Grains (except sweet corn kernels plus cobs with husks 
removed)3 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The proposed MRL for tree nuts (Crop Group 14 -11; except almond nuts and pistachio nuts) will replace the 
established MRL of 3.0 ppm for pecan nuts.  
3 The proposed MRL of 0.1 ppm for cereal grains (Crop Group 15; excep t sweet corn kernels plus cobs with 
husks removed) will replace the established MRLs of 0.03 ppm for field corn and 0.03 ppm for rice.  
MRLs are established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with 
the Residue Chemistry Cr op Groups  webpage ( http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -
proteger/food -nourriture/rccg -gcpcr -eng.php ) in the Pesticides and Pest Manage ment section of 
Health Canada's website.  
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 ( http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -
nourriture/mrl -lmr-eng.php ). 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 s cope 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 notifi ed 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for G/SPS/N/CAN/1060/Add.1  
 
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  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 comme nts, 
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 Aut hority, 
[ ] 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 webpage as 
indicated below:  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -nourriture/mrl -lmr-eng.php  
(English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -nourriture/mrl -lmr-fra.php  
(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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