G/SPS/N/CAN/779/Add.1  
 
18 March 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 17 March 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residu e Limits: Thiamethoxam 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for thiamethoxam notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/779 (dated 19 December 2013) was adopted 11 March 2014. 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 
0.8 Cassava leaves, tanier leaves, taro leaves 
0.6 Bell Peppers 
0.5 Caneberry Subgroup (Crop Subgroup 13-07A) 
0.5 Black cherries, capulins, chokecherries, Nanking cherries 0.3 Cranberries 0.25 African eggplants, bush tomatoes, coconas, currant tomatoes, garden huckleberries, 
Goji berries, martynias, naranjillas, okras, pea eggplants, roselles, Scarlett 
eggplants, sunberries, tree tomatoes 
0.02 Arracacha, arrowroot, Chinese artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes, edible canna, 
cassava roots, chayote roots, chufa, taro corms, ginger roots, lerens, sweet potato 
roots, tanier corms, turmeric roots, yam bean roots, true yam tubers 
ppm = parts per million 
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/779/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 available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The established 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: 
Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 200-270 Albert Street 
Ottawa, Ontario 
K1P 6N7 Tel: +(613) 238 3222 
Fax: +(613) 569 7808 
E-mail: enquirypoint@scc.ca  
 
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