G/SPS/N/CAN/965/Add.1  
 
20 January 2016  
(16-0406)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 19 January 2016, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residue Limit: Bifenthrin 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for bifenthrin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/965 
(dated 20 October 2015) was adopted 14 January 2016. The proposed MRLs were established via 
entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
30 Tea (dried leaves) 
7.0 Cabbages 4.0 Brassica  leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 4-13B); head lettuce 
3.0 Leaf petioles vegetables (Crop Subgroup 22B) 
1.5 Mayhaws 1.0 Caneberry (Crop Subgroup 13-07A) 0.9 Brassica  head and stem vegetables (Crop Group 5-13; except cabbage); pears 
0.8 Edible-podded legume vegetables (Crop Subgroup 6A) 
0.5 Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9); frui ting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09); garden 
beet roots 
0.3 Spinach 
0.2 Dry soybeans 0.15 Dried shelled pea and bean (except dry soybean) (Crop Subgroup 6C) 
0.1 Fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep 
0.05 Succulent shelled pea and bean (Crop Subgroup 6B); tuberous and corm vegetables 
(Crop Subgroup 1C), carrot roots; fat and meat byproducts of poultry; meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep 
0.02 Meat of poultry; milk 
0.01 Eggs 
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 ( 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). G/SPS/N/CAN/965/Add.1 
 
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  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(s) available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The specified 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: 
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point Technical Barriers and Regulations Division Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 
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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