G/SPS/N/CAN/ 1024/Add.1  
 
25 August 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 25 August 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Metaldehyde  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) docu ment for metaldehyde notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1024 (dated 31 May 2016) was adopted 23 August 2016. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity ( RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
1.5 Leaf lettuce  
1.0 Cabbage  
0.15 Caneberries (Crop Subgroup 13 -07A), low growing berries (Crop Subgroup 13 -07G), 
head lettuce  
0.09 Tomatoes (Crop Subgroup 8 -09A) 
ppm = parts per million  
MRLs are established for each commodi ty included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with 
the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage ( http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/pro tect-
proteger/food -nourriture/rccg -gcpcr -eng.php ) in the Pesticides and Pest Management 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.c a/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -
nourriture/mrl -lmr-eng.php ). The database allows users to search for pesticide(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/1024/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 applicabl e 
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 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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