G/SPS/N/CAN/1513/Add.1  
8 November 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 8 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Chloropicrin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for chloropicrin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1513 
(dated 21 June 2023) was adopted on 3 November 2023. The proposed MRL was established via entry 
into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided direct ly below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.025  Stalk, stem, and leaf petioles (crop group 22)2 
1ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL replaces the previous MRLs of 0.025 ppm in/on asparagus, cardoon, celery, celtuce, Chinese celery, 
fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks, kohlrabies and rhubarb with a single crop group 22 MRL.  
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on 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 section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found  using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(https://pest -control.canada.ca/pesticide -registry/en/mrl -search.html ) on the Maximu m residue 
limits, human health, and food safety webpage ( 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 ). The database  allows 
users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.  
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 notifi ed 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 extension of originally announced final date for comme nts, 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.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1513/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] 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 av ailable) of other body:  
The specified MRL has been provided above and is also accessible from the MRL webpages 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.h tml (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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