G/SPS/N/CAN/921/Add.1  
 
26 November 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 25 November 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residue Limit: Benzovindiflupyr 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for benzovindiflupyr notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/921 (dated 30 March 2015) was adopted 23 November 2015. The proposed MRLs 
were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
4.0 Dried tomatoes 
3.0 Raisins 
1.5 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09); barley; oats 
1.0 Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F) 0.3 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9) 0.2 Dried shelled pea and bean, except soybean (crop subgroup 6C); pome fruit (crop 
group 11-09) 
0.15 Rapeseed (crop subgroup 20A revised); cottonseed (crop subgroup 20C revised) 0.1 Rye; triticale; wheat 
0.07 Dry soybeans 
0.04 Liver of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; sugarcane cane 0.02 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C); fat of cattle, goats, horses and 
sheep; field corn; popcorn grain; milk fat  
0.01 Eggs; fat, meat and meat byproducts of hogs and poultry; lowbush blueberries; 
meat and meat byproducts (except liver) of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; milk; peanuts; sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed 
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-
proteger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ) 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 ( http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pe st/part/protect-proteger/food-
nourriture/mrl-lmr-eng.php ). The database allows users to search for pesticides(s) or for food 
commodity(ies). G/SPS/N/CAN/921/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 potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] 60 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 co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
   
Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpage as 
indicated below: 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protec t-proteger/food-nourri ture/mrl-lmr-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protec t-proteger/food-nourri ture/mrl-lmr-fra.php  
(French) 
 
or requested from: 
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point Technical Barriers and Regulations Division Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 
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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