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G/SPS/N/CAN/592 
3 April 2012  
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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):  Pesticide Fludioxonil 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: Fludioxonil 
(PMRL2012-02)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-02 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue lim its (MRLs) for fludioxonil that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
65  Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A; dried leaves) 30  Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (Crop group 2) 10  Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A; fresh leaves) 
3.5  Tuberous and corm vegetables except potato (Crop Subgroup 1D, except  
true yam tubers) 
0.75  Root vegetables except sugar beet (Crop Subgroup 1B, except carrot 
roots*) 
0.5  Tomatoes, tomatillos 
0.45  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9), avocados, black sapotes, canistels, 
mamey sapotes, mangoes, papayas, sapodillas, star apples  
*Carrot roots are excluded as a 0.75 ppm MR L is already established for the commodity. 
Most of the MRLs included herein are pr oposed to revise existing MRLs previously 
established at 0.01 or 0.02 ppm based upon th e use of fludioxonil in Canada as a seed 
treatment. The specific MRL revisions are identified in PMRL2012-02. G/SPS/N/CAN/592 
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  MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (" http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-pro teger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ") in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management sec tion of Health 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 table below compares MRLs proposed for fludioxonil in 
Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs. Each commodity in this MRL action not listed 
below does not have a corresponding Codex MRL. 
Food Commodity   Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Herbs 
(Crop Subgroup 19A;  dried leaves)    65    50        (basil and chives) Herbs 
(Crop Subgroup 19A;  
fresh leaves)    10    10        (basil and chives) Tuberous and corm vegetables  except potato (Crop  Subgroup 1D, except true  
yam tubers)    3.5    10 
       ( s w e e t  p o t a t o e s )  Tomatoes    0.5    0.5 Cucurbit vegetables  (Crop Group 9)    0.45    0.3 
       ( c u c u m b e r  a n d  s u m m e r    
       s q u a s h )         0 . 0 3         ( m e l o n s ,  e x c e p t           w a t e r m e l o n )   G/SPS/N/CAN/592 
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  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 , 
PMRL2012-02, posted: 20 March 2012 (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's 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) :  3 June 2012 
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/_pmrl2012-02/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-02/index-fra.php  
(French)