G/SPS/N/CAN/965  
 
20 October 2015  
(15-5527)  Page: 1/2  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide bifenthrin in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.140) 
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 Residu e Limit: Bifenthrin 
(PMRL2015-40)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 10 and 11 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2015-40 is to 
consult on the listed domestic and import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for bifenthrin that have been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency 
(PMRA). 
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); fruiting 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 byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and 
sheep;  
0.02 Meat of poultry; milk 0.01 Eggs 
ppm = parts per million G/SPS/N/CAN/965 
 
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  MRLs are proposed 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-prot eger/food-nourriture/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 territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) 178 Bifenthrin 
[ ] 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 bifenthrin in Canada wi th 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/pe st/part/consultations/index-
eng.php , PMRL2015-40, posted: 16 October 2015 (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 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) : 30 December 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation 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/_pmrl2015-40/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2015-40/index-fra.php  
(French)