G/SPS/N/CAN/969/Add.1  
 
28 January 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 27 January 2016, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residue Limit: Saflufenacil 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for saflufenacil notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/969 (dated 2 November 2015) was adopted 25 January 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 Barley bran 
1.01 Barley 
0.61 Triticale, wheat 
0.031 Buckwheat, field corn, sweet corn plus cob with husks removed, pearl millet, proso 
millet, oats, popcorn grain, rice, rye, sorghum, teosinte, wild rice 
20 Meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep 
1.0 Meat by-products of hogs 
0.02 Fat of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep 0.01 Eggs; fat of hogs, and poultry; meat of cattle, goats, hogs, sheep, horses, and 
poultry; meat by-products of poultry; milk 
ppm = parts per million  
1 The currently established MRL of 0.03 ppm in/on cereal grains (CG 15) will be replaced with specific MRLs of 
0.03 ppm in/on buckwheat, field corn, sweet corn plus co b with husks removed, pearl millet, proso millet, oats, 
popcorn grain, rice, rye, sorghum, te osinte, wild rice; 1.0 ppm in/on barl ey; and 0.6 ppm in/on triticale and 
wheat, to reflect the new use pattern on barley, tr iticale and wheat as pre-harvest weed management. 
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/pe st/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 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/969/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 potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally 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 co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
   
Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (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/protec t-proteger/food-nourri ture/mrl-lmr-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protec t-proteger/food-nourri ture/mrl-lmr-fra.php  
(French) 
 or requested from: 
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 
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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