G/SPS/N/CAN/1148/Add.1  
 
2 February 2018  
(18-0767) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 February 2018, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Spirotetramat  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for spirotetramat notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1148 (dated 21 November 2017) was adopted 31 January 2018. The proposed MRLs 
were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly 
below:  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
4.5 Stone fruit (crop group 12 -09)2 
0.25 Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11)3 
0.15 Carrot roots, sugar beet roots  
0.1 Asparagus  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL of 4.5 ppm is being extended to all of crop group 12 -09. 
3 The MRL of 0.25 ppm is being extended to all of crop group 14 -11. 
MRLs are established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance wi th 
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 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/servi ces/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).  
This addendum conce rns 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:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1148/Add.1  
 
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  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 extension 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, in Englis h and French,  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  
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  
 
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority a nd 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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