G/SPS/N/CAN/1203/Add.1  
 
3 December 2018  
(18-7617) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 30 November 2018 , is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Afidopyropen  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL ) document for afidopyropen notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1203 (dated 3 September 2018) was adopted 28 November 2018. The proposed MRLs 
were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly 
below:  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultur al Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
5.0 Brassica  leafy greens (crop subgroup 4 -13B) 
3.0 Leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B)  
2.0 Leafy greens (crop subgroup 4 -13A) 
0.7 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9)  
0.5 Brassica  head and stem vegetable (crop group 5 -13), dried tomatoes  
0.4 Citrus oil  
0.2 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09) 
0.15 Citrus fruits (revised) (crop group 10)  
0.08 Cottonseeds (revised) (crop subgroup 20C)  
0.03 Stone fruits (crop group 12 -09) 
0.02 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09) 
0.01 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C), tree nuts (crop group 14 -11), dry 
soybeans, eggs, fat, meat, and meat by -products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry 
and sheep  
0.001  Milk 
1 ppm = parts per million  
MRLs ar e established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in  
accordance with 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/r esidue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) 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 ( 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(s) or for food 
commodity(ies).  G/SPS/N/CAN/1203/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 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 ext ension of originally 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 comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] 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 available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpage 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.html  (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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