G/SPS/N/CAN/1060  
 
4 October 2016  
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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 sulfuryl fluoride in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.140)  
4. Regions or count ries 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: Sulfuryl fluoride 
(PMRL2016 -48). Language(s): English and  French . Number of pages: 5 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2016 -48 is to 
consult on the listed domestic and import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for sulfuryl 
fluoride that have been proposed by the Health Canada's Pe st Management Regulatory 
Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
3.0 Crop Group 14 -11: Tree Nuts (except almond nuts and pistachio nuts)2 
2.0 All processed foods  
0.5 Peanuts  
0.2 Cacao beans  
0.1 Crop Group 15: Cereal Grains (except sweet corn kernels plus cobs with 
husks removed)3 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The proposed MRL for tree nuts (Crop Group 14 -11; except almond nuts and pistachio nuts) will 
replace the established MRL of 3.0 ppm for pecan nuts.  
3 The proposed MRL of 0.1 ppm for cereal grains (Crop Group 15; except sweet corn kernels plus 
cobs with husks removed) will replace the established MRLs of 0 .03 ppm for field corn and 
0.03 ppm for rice.  
MRLs are proposed for each commodity included in the liste d crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups  webpage ( http://www.hc -
sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/protect -proteger/food -nourr iture/rccg -gcpcr -eng.php ) in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect te rritory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1060  
 
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  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) : 218 Sulfuryl Fluoride  
[ ] World Organiz ation 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 sulfuryl fluoride in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents  and language(s) in which these are available: 
Health  Canada website: http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/index -
eng.php , PMRL2016 -48, posted: 30 Septem ber 2016  (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 Canada website.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed d ate 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) : 14 December 2016  
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:   
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:  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2016 -48/index -eng.php  
(English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/p est/part/consultations/_pmrl2016 -48/index -fra.php  
(French)