G/SPS/N/CAN/883
2 October 2014
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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 flupyradifurone in or on various commodities 
(ICS: 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 Residue Limit: Flupyradifurone 
(PMRL2014-75)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 5 and 6  
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2014-75 is to 
consult on the listed domestic and import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for flupyradifurone that have been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management 
Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
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 rice, sweet corn kernels plus cob with 
husks removed, field corn and popcorn grain), small fruit vine climbing 
(Crop Subgroup 13-07F, except fuzzy kiwi fruit), citrus fruits (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 byproducts of cattle, goats, horses, and sheep 
0.4 Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) G/SPS/N/CAN/883 
 
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  0.3 Prickly pears 
0.2 Succulent shelled blackeyed peas, succulent shelled broad beans , succulent 
shelled cowpeas, succulent shelled lim a 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 Subgroup 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 
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
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 , PMRL2014-75, posted: 19 September 2014. (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within 4 to 5 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) : 3 December 2014 
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:   G/SPS/N/CAN/883 
 
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  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/_pmrl2014-75/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2014-75/index-fra.php  
(French)