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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/474 
21 October 2010  
 (10-5482) 
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):  Trifloxystrobin in or on various food commodities (ICS Codes:  65.020, 
65.100, 67.060, 67.080) 
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): 
Trifloxystrobin (PMRL2010-40)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  7   
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2010-40 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for trifloxystrobin that have been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada. 
MRL (ppm
) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
38  Citrus oil  
3.5  Rice  
0.7  Black sapote, canistel, mamey sapote, mango, papaya, sapodilla, star apple 0.6  Citrus fruit (Crop Group 10-09) 
Commodities included in the citrus fruits  crop group are listed in PMRL2010-40. 
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)    G/SPS/N/CAN/474 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] 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:   
Food Commodity Proposed Canadian MRL  Codex MRL 
 (ppm) 
Citrus oil 38 0.5* 
Citrus fruit 0.6 0.5 
Rice 3.5 5 
Rice bran, unprocessed 3.5* 7 Black sapote, canistel,  0.7 MRL Not established mamey sapote, mango,  papaya, sapodilla,  
star apple 
*In the absence of a specified MRL for th e processed commodity, the MRL for the raw 
agricultural commodity applies. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada web site:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2010-40, posted 5 October 2010 (ava ilable 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 document on the Health Canada web site. 
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) :  19 December 2010 
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/_pmrl2010-40/index-eng.php  
(English) http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2010-40/index-fra.php
 
(French)