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G/SPS/N/CAN/589 
12 March 2012  
 (12-1344) 
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 Penthiopyrad 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:  Penthiopyrad 
(PMRL2012-05)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-05 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Penthiopyrad that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
50  Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 2), leafy Brassica greens 
  (Crop Subgroup 5B) 
30  Leafy vegetables (Crop Group 4) 
5.0  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
4.0  Edible-podded legume vegetables (C rop Subgroup 6A), stone fruits (Crop  
  Group 12-09) 
3.5  Tomato paste 3.0  Root vegetables, except sugar beet s (Crop Subgroup 1B), bulb vegetables 
(Crop Group 3-07), fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09), low growing  
berries (Crop Subgroup 13-07G) 
1.5  Oil seeds (Crop Group 20)  0.9  Barley bran 0.8  Pearl millet, proso millet, sorghum G/SPS/N/CAN/589 
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  0.6  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 
0.5  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09), sugar beet roots 
0.4  Succulent shelled pea and bean (Cr op Subgroup 6B), dried shelled pea and  
 bean, except soybean (Crop Su bgroup 6C), dry soybeans 
0.3  Wheat bran, wheat germ 0.15  Cereal grains (Crop Group 15; except corn, millet and sorghum) 
0.09  Meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
0.06  Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C), tree nuts (Crop 
 Group 14-11), peanut oil  
0.05  Corn oil 0.04  Peanuts 0.03  Fat and meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
0.02  Eggs; fat, meat and meat byproducts of hogs and poultry; milk 
0.01  Field corn, popcorn grain, sweet co rn kernels plus cob with husks removed 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups 
webpage in the Pesticides and Pest Mana gement section 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:  
[ ] 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 web site:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-05, posted: 6 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 documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :     G/SPS/N/CAN/589 
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  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) :  20 May 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 regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2012-05/index-eng.php  
(English)  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-05/index-fra.php  
(French)