G/SPS/N/CAN/1184/Add.1  
 
16 October 2018  
(18-6442) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 16 October 2018 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Flubendiamide  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL ) document for flubendiamide notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1184 (dated 19 July 2018) was adopted 10 October 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  
50 Tea (dried leaves)  
30 Turnip greens  
5.0 Sorghum, sunflower seeds  
2.0 Edible -podded soybeans, globe artichokes  
1.5 Low-growing berries (crop subgroup 13 -07G, except cranberry), undelinted cotton 
seeds  
1.0 Dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean) (crop subgroup 6C)  
0.5 Edible -podded legume vegetables (crop subgroup 6A, except edible -podded soybeans)  
0.4 Dry soybeans  
0.3 Sugarcane cane  
0.05 Succulent shelled pea and bean (crop subgroup 6B)  
0.03 Peanut oil (refined)  
0.02 Peanuts  
1 ppm = parts per million . 
MRLs are 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/pu blic/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 Databa se 
(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/p rotecting -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 concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  G/SPS/N/CAN/1184/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] 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 leas t 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, 
[ ] 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, O ntario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
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