G/SPS/N/CAN/1080  
 
23 November 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phy tosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide teflubenzuron in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.140)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Teflubenzuron 
(PMRL2016 -67). Language(s): English and French . Number of pages: 6 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2016 -67 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for teflubenzuron that have 
been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency ( PMRA).  
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
70 Citrus oil  
1.5 Mangos, tomatoes  
0.8 Pineapples  
0.6 Green coffee beans, oranges  
0.5 Papayas  
0.3 Sunflower seeds  
0.2 Broccoli  
0.05 Dry soybeans  
0.02 Corn oil (refined)  
0.01 Cauliflowers, field corn  
ppm = parts per million  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a re levant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 190 Teflubenzuron  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   G/SPS/N/CAN/1080  
 
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  [ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and w hy it deviates from the 
international standard: Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for teflubenzuron in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Health  Canada webs ite: http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/index -
eng.php , PMRL2016 -67, posted: 16 November 2016  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of a doption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : On the date the measure is adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 January 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s)  available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pes t/part/consultations/_pmrl2016 -67/index -eng.php  
(English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2016 -67/index -fra.php  
(French)