G/SPS/N/CAN/1125/Add.1  
 
24 October 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 20 October 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Ethylene Oxide  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for ethylene oxide and ethylene 
chlorohydrin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1125 (dated 12 July 2017) was adopted 18 October 2017. 
The proposed MRLs were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are 
provided directly below:  
Ethylene Oxide:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
7 Herbs (crop subgroup 19A; dried leaves except dried basil leaves); spices (crop 
subgroup 19B)  
1 ppm = parts per million  
Ethylene chlorohydrin:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
940  Herbs (crop subgroup 19A; dried leaves except dried basil leaves); spices (crop 
subgroup 19B)  
1 ppm = parts per million  
MRLs are established 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/consumer -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 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 ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -
food/maxim um-residue -limits -pesticides.html ). 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  G/SPS/N/CAN/1125/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the adde ndum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure 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 extensi on of originally 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 comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] 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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