G/SPS/N/CAN/1110/Add.1  
 
4 August 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 4 August 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Fluopicolide  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) docu ment for fluopicolide notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1110 (dated 11 May 2017) was adopted 2 August 2017. 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  
18 Leafy Brassica greens (crop subgroup 5B)  
0.15 Potato flakes  
0.08 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C)2 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL replaces the currently established MRL of 0.02 ppm for Crop Subgroup 1C . 
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/public/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 
Database  (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/protecting -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 for ce 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/1110/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If th e 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 e xtension 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 designa ted 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. 
Addre ss, 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, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
 
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