G/SPS/N/CAN/1439/Add.1  
 
12 September 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 September 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Fluensulfone  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for fluensulfone notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1439 (dated 8 June 2022) was adopted 31 August 2022. 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  
20 Leafy Brassica  greens (crop subgroup 5B)  
15 Citrus oil  
4.0 Root vegetable (except sugar beet) (crop subgroup 1B), leafy vegetables (except 
Brassica  vegetables) (crop group 4)  
2.0 Potato c hips, potato flakes  
1.5 Head and stem Brassica  (crop subgroup 5A), raisins  
0.9 Dried apples  
0.8 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C), small fruits vine climbing (crop 
subgroup 13 -07D) 
0.5 Low growing berries (crop subgroup 13 -07G) 
0.4 Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09) 
0.3 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised), sugarcane molasses  
0.15 Stone fruits (crop group 12 -09) 
0.06  Sugarcane cane  
0.02 Tree nuts (crop group 14 -11) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on 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 section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(https://pes t-control.canada.ca/pesticide -registry/en/disclaimer -page.html ) 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 or for food commodities.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1439/Add.1  
 
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  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:  
Comment period: (If the 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 extension 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 hand le comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] 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 numb er and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpages as 
indicated below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/service s/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/pro teger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
 
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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