G/SPS/N/CAN/1168/Add.1  
 
21 August 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 20 August 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Abamectin  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for abamectin notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1168 (dated 23 May 2018) was adopted 16  August  2018. The proposed MRLs were 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database an d are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.1 Leafy greens (crop sub group 4 -13A)2; leaf petioles vegetables (crop sub group 
22B)3 
0.02 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09)4 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL of 0.1 ppm is extended from Crop Group 4 to all of Crop Subgroup 4 -13A. 
3 The MRL of 0.1 ppm is extended from celery to all of Crop Subgroup 22B, except for cardoon, Chinese celery, 
and rhubarb which will retain the current MRL of 0.1 ppm.  
4 The MRL of 0.02 ppm is extended from Crop Group 8 to all of Crop Subgroup 8 -09. 
MRLs ar e 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/re sidue -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 
pesticide(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/1168/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the adde ndum 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 extensi on 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/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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