G/SPS/N/CAN/722/Add.1  
 
18 November 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
   NOTIFICATION  
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 15 November 2013, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residue Limit: Imidcloprid 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for imidacloprid notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/722 (dated 16 August 2013) was adopted 12 November 2013. The proposed MRLs, 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database, are provided directly below and are legally in effect as of the publication date in the MRL Database. 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
14 Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A), fresh and dried  
6.0 Hops (dried) 
4.0 Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (C rop Group 2), legume vegetables, succulent 
or dried (Crop Group 6; except dry soybeans) 
3.5 Bushberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07B)1, leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 4A)2 
3.0 Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09)3 
2.5 Globe artichokes 
1.5 Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit and gooseberries (Crop Subgroup 13-
07F)4 
1.0 Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09)5, avocado, papaya, star apple, black sapote, 
mangoes6, sapodilla, canistel, mamey sapote 
0.6 Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09)7 
0.5 Low growing berry subgroup, except cranberries, lingonberries and lowbush 
blueberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07G) 
0.45 Peanuts 0.4 Root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 1; except sugar beet roots)
8 
0.3 Sugar beet molasses  
0.05 Cranberries, sugar beet roots, tree nuts (Crop Group 14-11)9 
1 Existing MRL of 1 ppm for blueberri es and 0.1 ppm for juneberrries (Saska toon berries) are replaced with 
crop group MRL of 3.5 ppm. 
2 Existing MRL of 3.5 ppm on lettuce is proposed for extension to the remain ing subgroup commodities. 
3 Existing MRL of 1.1 ppm for pe aches and nectarines replaced with crop group MRL of 3 ppm.  
4 Existing MRL of 1.5 ppm on grap es is proposed for extension to the remaining subgroup commodities. 
5 Existing MRLs of 0.08 ppm on eggpl ants, and 1 ppm on peppers and tomato es are replaced with crop group 
MRL of 1 ppm. 
6 Existing MRL of 0.2 ppm on mangoes is replaced with an MRL of 1 ppm.  
7 Existing MRLs of 0.5 ppm on apples  and 0.6 ppm on pears are replaced with crop group MRL of 0.6 ppm.  
8 Existing MRLs of 0.3 ppm on potatoes, sweet potatoes , and 0.05 ppm on ginseng root s are replaced with crop 
group MRL of 0.4 ppm. 
9 Existing MRL of 0.05 ppm on pecans is replaced by crop group MRL of 0.05 ppm. 
ppm = parts per million G/SPS/N/CAN/722/Add.1 
 
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  MRLs are proposed 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 Pesticides 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/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:   
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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