G/SPS/N/CAN/1204/Add.1  
 
28 November 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 November 2018 , is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Flonicamid  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL ) document for flonicamid notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1204 
(dated 3 September 2018) was adopted 26 November 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  
3.0 Dry field peas, dry lentils, dry pigeon peas  
1.5 Flaxseeds  
0.42 Meat by -products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.15 Eggs; meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep3; milk3 
0.08 Meat and meat by -products of  hogs 
0.07 Meat and meat by -products of poultry  
0.05 Fat of poultry  
0.044 Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.03 Fat of hogs  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 This MRL replaces the currently established MRL  of 0.08 ppm in/on meat by -products of horses, cattle, sheep 
and goats.  
3 This MRL replaces the currently established MRL of 0.08 ppm in/on meat of horses,  cattle, sheep and goats and 
of 0.03 ppm in/on milk.  
4 This MRL replaces the currently established MR L of 0.03 ppm in/on fat of sheep, goats, cattle and horses.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mr l-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 al lows 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  
[ ] 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/1204/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 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/maximu m-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 requeste d 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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