G/SPS/N/CAN/1052/Add.1  
 
11 November 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 November 2016, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Spinosad  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) docum ent for spinosad notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1052 (dated 15 August 2016) was adopted 9 November 2016. 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  
1.0 Cherries (Crop Subgroup 12 -09A)2 
0.5 Highbush cranberries  
0.2 Japanese apricots, jujubes, American plums, Beach plums, Canada plums, cherry 
plums, Chickasaw plums, Damson plums, Japanese plums, Klamath plums, and sloes  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 This MRL of 1.0 replaces the MRL of 0.2 ppm currently established for residues of spinosad in/on sweet 
cherries and tart cherries.  
MRLs are established for each commodity 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/protect -
proteger/food -nourriture/rccg -gcpcr -eng.php ) in the P esticides 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.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  
[ ] Modific ation 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/1052/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 annou nced 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:  
   
Text(s) available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail a ddress (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) 203 427 3 
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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