. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/389 
8 April 2009  
 (09-1704) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide propylene oxide in or on almonds (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, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Propylene Oxide 
(PMRL2009-09)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2009-09 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limit (MRL) for propylene oxide, including 
the propylene chlorohydrin and propylene bromohydrin metabolites, that has been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
300  Almonds 
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.    G/SPS/N/CAN/389 
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  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 N°)     
[ 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's website:  www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2009-09, posted:  31 March 2009 (a vailable in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within 4 to 5 months from the posting 
of the Proposed MRL document on Health Canada's website.  
Propose 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 ):  14 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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/_pmrl2009-09/propylene-ox-
eng.php  (English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/c onsultations/_pmrl2009-09/propylene-ox-fra.php   
(French)