G/SPS/N/CAN/806/Add.1  
 
16 July 2014  
(14-4098)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 14 July 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Established Maximum Residue Limit: Halosulfuron-methyl 
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for halosulfuron-methyl notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/806 (dated 1 April 2014) was adopted 10 July 2014. 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 
1.0 Agave, aloe vera, asparagus, bamboo shoots, prickly pear pads, celtuce, fresh 
Florence fennel leaves and stalks, edible ferns, sea kales, kohlrabies, palm hearts, Texas prickly pear pads 
0.5 Crop Subgroup 9B: Squash/ Cucumber  
0.2 Meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 0.1 Crop Subgroup 9A: Melon 0.05 Crop Group 8-09: Fruiting Vegetables 
 Crop Subgroup 13-07A: Caneberries 
 Crop Subgroup 13-07B: Bushberries  Crop Group 14: Tree Nuts  
 Apples 
 Dry adzuki beans, dry beans, dry blackeyed peas, dry broad beans, dry catjang 
seeds, dry chickpeas, dry cowpea seeds, dry guar seeds, dry kidney beans, dry 
lablab beans, dry lima beans, dry moth beans, dry mung beans, dry navy beans, dry 
pink beans, dry pinto beans, dry rice beans, dry southern peas, dry tepary beans, dry urd beans, grain lupin  
 Edible-podded jackbeans, edible-podded moth beans, edible-podded runner beans, 
edible-podded snap beans, edible-podded sword beans, edible-podded wax beans, 
edible-podded yardlong beans 
 Field corn 
 Popcorn grain 
 Rhubarb  Sorghum 
 Sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed   
0.01 Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  Proso millet 
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. G/SPS/N/CAN/806/Add.1 
 
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  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). 
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.)  
[ ] 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 co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
   Text available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The established 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 
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB) 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON  K1A 0G2 
Canada 
Tel: +(343) 203 4273 Fax: +(613) 943 0346 E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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