G/SPS/N/CAN/1387  
18 May 2021  
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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 glyphosate in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060)  
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: Glyphosate 
(PMRL2021 -10). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2021 -10 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for glyphosate that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
352  Groats/rolled oats, oat bran  
152,3,5  Barley bran, dry adzuki beans, dry beans, dry blackeyed peas, dry broad 
beans, dry catjang seeds, dry chickpeas, dry cowpea seeds, dry guar seeds , 
dry kidney beans, dry lablab beans, dry lima beans, dry moth beans, dry 
mung beans, dry navy beans, dry pink beans, dry pinto beans, dry rice 
beans, dry southern peas, dry tepary beans, dry urd beans, grain lupin, 
pearled barley, wheat bran, wheat germ  
104,5  Dry field peas, dry lentils, dry pigeon peas  
1.0  Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The new MRLs of 35 ppm in/on groats/rolled oats and oat bran, as well as 15 ppm in/on barley bran, 
pearled barley, wheat bran and wheat germ, w ill replace the currently established MRLs in/on "oat, 
milling fractions (except flour)", "barley milling fractions (except flour)" and "wheat milling fractions 
(except flour)". Flour will no longer be explicitly mentioned in the database, as it is covered  by the 
MRLs in/on the respective raw agricultural commodities (RACs) of oats, barley and wheat.  
3 Given that a new MRL of 15 ppm is recommended for all commodities of crop subgroup 6C, except 
soybeans, dry lentils, dry field peas and dry pigeon peas, the historical term "beans" originally 
covered at 4.0 ppm will be removed from the database. It is noted that the following commodities are 
considered as beans: grain lupin, dry blackeyed peas, dry catjang seeds, dry cowpea seeds and dry 
southern peas. Chickpe as can be considered as beans or peas, but the MRL is set at the highest value 
between the two, in this case beans at 15 ppm.  
4 Given that a new MRL of 10 ppm is recommended for dry field peas and dry pigeon peas, the 
historical term "peas" covered at 5.0 ppm will be removed from the database. It is noted that lentils 
are considered as peas, and therefore, the MRL of 4.0 ppm will be replaced by the value of 10 ppm.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1387  
 
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  5 Residues of glyphosate in/on succulent peas and beans of crop subgroups 6A and 6B will be c overed 
under 0.1 ppm as per Part B, Division 15, Subsection B.15.002(1) of the FDAR.  
An MRL is proposed for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the  Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage 
(https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/co nsumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -
chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides and Pest Management 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius  Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : (158 Glyphosate)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Table 2 of the PMRL  document compares the MRLs proposed for 
glyphosate in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
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/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2021 -10, posted: 
6 May 2021  (availabl e 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 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) : 20 July 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) of other body:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1387  
 
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  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  found at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/c onsumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2021/glyphosate/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2021/glyphosate/document.html  (French)  
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