G/SPS/N/CAN/883/Add.1  
 
8 December 2015  
(15-6487)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 8 December 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Flupyradifurone 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for flupyradifurone notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/883 (dated 2 October 2014) was adopted 25 November 2015. 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 
40 Brassica leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 4-13B) 
30 Leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 4-13A) 10 Hops (dried) 
9.0 Leaf petioles vegetables (Crop Subgroup 22B) 
6.0 Brassica head and stem vegetable group (Crop Group 5-13) 5.0 Raisins 4.0 Bushberry (Crop Subgroup 13-07B, except highbush cranberries) 
3.0 Cereal grains (Crop Group 15, except ri ce, sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks 
removed, field corn and popcorn grain), small fruit vine climbing (Crop Subgroup 13-07F, except fuzzy kiwifruit), citrus fr uits (Crop Group 10 Revised), dried shelled 
pea and bean (Crop Subgroup 6C, except soybean), edible-podded legume 
vegetables (Crop Subgroup 6A), green onion (Crop Subgroup 3-07B) 
2.0 Succulent shelled English peas, succulent shelled garden peas, succulent shelled 
green peas, succulent shelled peas, succulent shelled pigeon peas 
1.5 Low growing berry (Crop Subgroup 13-07G, except lowbush blueberries and 
cranberries), fruiting vegetables (Crop Subgroup 8-09), dry soybeans, green coffee beans 
0.9 Root vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1B, except sugar beet roots) 
0.8 Cotton seed (Crop Subgroup 20C) 0.7 Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09), prickly pear pads 
0.5 Meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep 
0.4 Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 0.3 Prickly pears 
0.2 Succulent shelled blackeyed peas, succulent shelled broad beans , succulent shelled 
cowpeas, succulent shelled lima beans, succulent shelled southern peas 
0.15 Meat of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep 0.09 Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) 
0.06 Fat of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep, milk 
0.05 Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Su bgroup 1C), field corn, popcorn grain, sweet 
corn kernels plus cob with husks removed 
0.04 Peanuts 
0.02 Tree nuts (Crop Group 14-11), meat byproducts of hogs 0.01 Eggs, fat and meat of hogs, fat, meat and meat byproducts of poultry 
ppm = parts per million G/SPS/N/CAN/883/Add.1 
 
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  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). 
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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