G/SPS/N/CAN/1214  
 
19 November 2018  
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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: Health Canada  
2. Agency responsible: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Pesticides tetrachlorvinphos, carbofuran, diazinon, dicofol, dinocap, 
diphenamid, disu lfoton, nicotine, phosalone, pirimicarb, sodium trichloroacetic acid (TCA), 
and vinclozolin in or on various commodities (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 
67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relev ant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Proposed Revision 
or Revocation of Maximum Residue Limits for Discontinued Agricultural Pest Control 
Products: Update 2 (PMRL2018 -44). Language(s): English and French.  Number of 
pages: 15 and 18  
6. Description of content: The objectives of the notified document PMRL2018 -44 are to 
consult on:  
1) the listed  maximum residue limits (MRLs) for tetrachlorvinph os that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA);  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
10 Apples  
1.5 Fat of cattle  
1.5 Fat of hogs  
10 Grapes  
1.5 Meat of cattle  
1.5 Meat of hogs  
1.5 Meat by -products of cattle  
1.5 Meat by -products of hogs  
1 ppm = parts per million  
and  
2) to cons ult on the proposed  MRLs revocations for carbofuran, diazinon, dicofol, 
dinocap, diphenamid, disulfoton, nicotine, phosalone, pirimicarb, sodium 
trichloroaceti c acid (TCA) and vinclozolin and corresponding commodities identified 
in the PMRL.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1214  
 
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  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 standard? 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: Currently, there are no Codex MRLs established for any of the 
pesticides or commodities covered by this action according to the Codex Alimentarius 
Pesticide In dex webpage, except for diazinon in/on cherries and plums, dinocap on apples, 
grapes and beans, disulfoton on peas and phosalone on various pome fruits and stone 
fruits for which Codex MRLs ranging from 0.02 to 5 ppm are currently established.  
9. Other re levant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Health  Canada website: https://www.canad a.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2018 -44, 
posted: 8 November 2018  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within  four to  five mont hs 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) : 22 January 2019  
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:  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification 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:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2018/discontinued -agricultural -pest-control-products/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2018/produits -antiparasitaires -agricoles -homologation -
abandonnee/document.html  (French)  
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