G/SPS/N/CAN/1214/Add.1  
 
11 February 2019  
(19-0768) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 February 2019 , is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limits: Tetrachlorvinphos , carbofuran, diazinon, dicofol, dinocap, 
diphenamid, disulfoton, nicotine, phosalone, pirimicarb, sodium trichloroacetic acid (TCA), and 
vinclozolin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for tetrachlorvinphos, carbofuran, diazinon, 
dicofol, dinocap, diphenamid, disulfoton, nicotine, phosalone, pirimicarb, sodium trichloroacetic acid 
(TCA), and vinclozolin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1214 (dated 19 November 2018) was adopted 
6 February 2019.  
The proposed MRLs for tetrachlorvinphos 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  
10 Apples  
1.5 Fat of cattle  
1.5 Fat of hogs  
10 Grapes  
1.5 Meat of cattle  
1.5 Meat of hogs  
1.5 Meat by-products of cattle  
1.5 Meat by -products of hogs  
1 ppm = parts per million  
The MRLs for carbofuran, diazinon, dicofol, dinocap, diphenamid, disulfoton, nicotine, phosalone, 
pirimicarb, sodium trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and vinclozolin on corresponding commodities identified 
in PMRL2018 -44 have been revoked.  
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 ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -
limits -pesticides.html ). The database allow s users to search for pesticides(s) or for food 
commodity(ies).  G/SPS/N/CAN/1214/Add.1  
 
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  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:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified mea sure 
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, t he 
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 address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpage as 
indicated below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits-
pesticides.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (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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