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G/SPS/N/CAN/546 
12 July 2011  
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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:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fenpropathrin in or on various food commodities (ICS Codes:  65.020, 
65.100, 67.040) 
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 Residue Limit (PMRL):  
Fenpropathrin (PMRL2011-18)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
and 6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2011-18 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for fenpropathrin that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
75  Citrus oil 12  Caneberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07A) 
10  Raisins 
5.0  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09), small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy 
kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F), oliv es, sweet cherries, tart cherries 
3.0  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A), bushberries (Crop Subgroup 
13-07B), cotton seed oil 
2.0  Citrus fruits (Crop Group 10 - Revised), low growing berries (Crop 
Subgroup 13-07G), tea (dried) 
1.4  Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09, except cherries) 
1.0  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09), avocadoes, black sapotes, canistels, 
mamey sapotes, mangoes, papayas, sapodillas, star apples, undelinted cotton seeds G/SPS/N/CAN/546 
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  0.5  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 
0.1  Tree nuts (Crop Group 14), pistachios 
0.02  Succulent shelled peas 
0.01  Peanuts 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Gr oups webpage in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of Hea lth 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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] 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:  The following table compares fenpropathrin MRLs proposed in 
Canada for which corresponding Codex MRLs are established.  The limited number of 
differing MRLs are highlighted in bold font.  
Food Commodity Canadian MRL  Codex MRL 
  (ppm) (ppm) Raisins 10 5.0* 
Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09) 5.0 5.0 
Small fruit vine climbing, except 5.0 5.0 
fuzzy kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F)  (Grapes only) 
Cotton seed oil 3.0 3.0 Tea (dried) 2.0 2.0 Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 1.0 1.0 
  (Sweet peppers and 
  tomatoes only) 
  10 
  (Chili peppers   (dry) only) 
  0.2 
  (Egg plants only) 
Undelinted cotton seeds 1.0 1.0   G/SPS/N/CAN/546 
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  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 0.5 0.2 
  (Gherkins only) 
*In the absence of an MRL for the processed commodity, the MRL for the raw agricultural 
commodity, grapes, applies. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2011-18, posted 29 June 2011 (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 documen t 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) :  12 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts 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:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2011-18/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2011-18/index-fra.php   
(French)