G/SPS/N/CAN/1045  
 
1 August 2016  
(16-4091)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide hexythiazox in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.200) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Maximum Residu e Limit: Hexythiazox 
(PMRL2016-37)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 9 and 12 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2016-37 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for hexythiazox that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
24 Citrus oil 
9.0 Hops (dried) 
6.0 Low growing berries (CSG 13-07G) 
3.0 Sorghum 2.0 Dates; dried prune plums; peppermint tops; spearmint tops 
1.5 Caneberries (CSG 13-07A) 
1.0 Small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (CSG 13-07F); stone fruits 
(CG 12) 
0.9 Citrus peel 
0.5 Citrus fruits (CG 10); tomatoes 
0.4 Pome fruits (CG 11-09); dry adzuki beans; dry beans; dry blackeyed peas; 
dry broad beans; 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  
0.09 Succulent shelled blackeyed peas; succulent shelled broad beans; succulent 
shelled cowpeas; succulent shelled lima beans; succulent shelled southern peas 
0.06 Corn oil (refined) 
0.04 Sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed 
0.03 Field corn flour 0.02 Field corn; potatoes; tree nuts (CG 14; including pistachios) 
ppm = parts per million G/SPS/N/CAN/1045 
 
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  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-prot eger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ) in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) Hexythiazox, 176 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for hexythiazox in Canada wi th corresponding Codex MRLs. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Health Canada website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pe st/part/consultations/index-
eng.php , PMRL2016-37, posted: 26 July 2016 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months 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) : 9 October 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation 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:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2016-37/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2016-37/index-fra.php  
(French)