WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/331 
5 June 2008  
 (08-2623) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Spirotetramat (ICS:  65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.200) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit:  Spirotetramat (PMRL2008-19) (available in English and French, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
Currently, maximum residue limits (MRLs) are legally established in Canada under the Food 
and Drug Regulations  (FDR) after consultation through the Canada Gazette .  Amendments to 
the Food and Drugs Act  (FDA) via Bill C-28, anticipated to come into force in 2008, will 
allow pesticide MRLs to be legally established under the Pest Control Products Act  (PCPA) 
without having to adopt MRLs by regulation under the FDA.  
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed domestic and import MRLs for 
spirotetramat, including the metabolites  BYI08330-enol, BYI08830-ketohydroxy, BYI08330-
enol-Glc, BYI08330-m onohydroxy and BYI08330-enol-GA, that  have been proposed by the 
PMRA since the PCPA came into force on 28 June  2006.  Consultation is being initiated in 
advance of Bill C-28 coming into force so that  the MRLs listed in this document can be 
legally established as soon as possible after the FDA is amended. 
Commodities included in each of the identifie d crop groups (CG) and crop subgroups (CSG) 
are listed in the co rresponding Proposed MRL document (PMRL2008-19). G/SPS/N/CAN/331 
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MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity ( RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
For spirotetramat and the metabolit es BYI08330-enol, BYI08830-ketohydroxy, 
BYI08330-enol-Glc, BYI08330-monoh ydroxy and BYI08330-enol-GA 
 
10 
 9.0  8.0 
 
6.0  4.5  
3.0 
 2.5  1.6  
1.3 
 0.7  0.6 
 
0.4  0.3  
0.25  
Hops (dried) 
 Leafy Vegetables, except Brassica (CG 4) 
 Leafy Brassica  greens (CSG 5B) 
 
Citrus, oil*  Stone fruits (CG 12)  
Raisins 
 Fruiting vegetables (CG 8), head and stem Brassica  (CSG 5A) 
 Potato flakes   
Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (CSG 13-07F) 
 Pome fruits (CG 11)  Citrus fruits* (CG 10), tuberous and corm vegetables (CSG 1C) 
 
Strawberries*  Cucurbit vegetables (CG 9), dry bulb onions*  
Tree nuts (CG 14) 
  *import MRLs 
For spirotetramat and the metabolite BYI 08330-enol 
0.02 
    
0.01 Fat, meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
    
Milk  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:     G/SPS/N/CAN/331 
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  9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site: 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/ english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2008-19, 
posted:  29 May 2008 (available  in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted. 
12. Final date for comments:  12 August 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-19-eng.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-19-fra.pdf   (French)