G/SPS/N/CAN/1513  
21 June 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary 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 chloropicrin in or on stalk, stem and leaf petioles 
(ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080)  
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: Chloropicrin 
(PMRL2023 -31). Language(s):  English and F rench . Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -31 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for chloropicrin that has been proposed 
by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.025  Stalk, stem, and leaf petioles (crop group 22)2 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRLs of 0.025 ppm in/on asparag us, 
cardoon, celery, celtuce, Chinese celery, fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks, kohlrabies and 
rhubarb with a single crop group 22 MRL. This will result in a single MRL that will be applicable to all 
commodities within crop group 22.  
The commodities  included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the  Residue 
Chemistry Crop Groups webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -
your-health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the  
Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.  
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 relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal He alth Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/CAN/1513  
 
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it devi ates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for chloropicrin in or 
on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Index website.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada  website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticide s-pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2023 -31, 
posted: 15 June 2023  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Cana da 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) : 29 August 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail a ddress (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/ser vices/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2023/chloropicrin/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/chloropicrine/document.html  (French)  
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