WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/498 
6 December 2010  
 (10-6545) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide thiamethoxam in or on various imported 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):  
Thiamethoxam  (PMRL2010-65)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  9 
and 10   
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2010-65 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for thiamethoxam that have 
been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada. 
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
4.5  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
4.0  Leafy vegetables, except Brassica (Crop Group 4) 3.0  Leafy Brassica greens (Crop Subgroup 5B)  1.5  Peppermint tops, spearmint tops 0.8  Black salsify tops, celeriac tops, ch icory tops, edible burdock tops, garden  
beet tops, oriental radish tops, radish  tops, rutabaga tops, turnip tops,  
turnip-rooted chervil tops 
0.5  Stone fruits (Crop Group 12) 0.45  Globe artichokes 0.4  Citrus fruits (Crop Group 10-09),  avocados, black sapotes, canistels, 
mamey sapotes, mangoes, papayas, sapodillas, star apples 
0.35  Caneberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07A)  
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  0.3  Low growing berries (Crop Subgroup 13-07G, except cranberries), barley, 
raisins 
0.2  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9), pome fruits (Crop Group 11), small 
fruit vine climbing except fuzzy kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F; except  gooseberries) 
0.15  Potatoes* 
0.1  Undelinted cotton seeds, hops (dried) 0.05  Root Vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1A), coffee 
*The MRL is proposed to replace the currently esta blished MRLs of 0.05 ppm for potatoes and 0.08 
ppm for potato chips. All processed commodities would be covered under the revised MRL for 
potatoes. 
Commodities included in each of the identified crop groups and subgroups are listed in 
PMRL2010-65. 
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:  
[ ] 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)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/p est/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2010-65, posted 22 November 2010 (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    G/SPS/N/CAN/498 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 February 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/_pmrl2010-65/index-eng.php  
(English) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2010-65/index-fra.php
 
(French)