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G/SPS/N/CAN/605 
25 May 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 Difenoconazole in or on va rious 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:  Difenoconazole 
(PMRL2012-14)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-14 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum resi due limits (MRLs) for Difenoconazole that 
have been proposed by Health Canada's P est Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
35  Leafy Brassica greens (Crop Subgroup 5B) 
6.0  Green onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07B), raisins 4.0  Grapes* 
1.9  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
0.7  Curcurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 0.2  Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) 0.1  Liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and sheep** 
*The MRL is proposed to replace the curren tly established 0.1 ppm MRL for grapes. 
** The 0.05 ppm MRL currently established for meat byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses and 
sheep is proposed to be revised to reflect "e xcept liver" to accommodate the distinct liver MRL.  
 
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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 following table compares the proposed Canadian MRLs for 
Difenoconazole with the corresponding Code x MRLs.  Where appropriate, individual 
commodities with Codex MRLs are identifie d opposite the corresponding Canadian crop 
grouping MRL. 
Food Commodity  Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Leafy Brassica greens 
(Crop Subgroup 5B)  35    Not established 
Green onions 
(Crop Subgroup 3-07B)   6.0     0.3 (Leeks) 
R a i s i n s      6 . 0      0 . 1  
G r a p e s     4 . 0     0 . 1  Head and stem Brassica 
(Crop Subgroup 5A)   1.9    0.5 (Broccoli) 
        0.2 (Brussels sprouts,  
        h e a d  c a b b a g e s ,    
        c a u l i f l o w e r )  
Cucurbit vegetables 
(Crop Group 9)    0.7    Not established 
Bulb onions 
(Crop Subgroup 3-07A)  0.2     0.02 (Garlic) 
Liver of cattle, goats, hogs,  
horses and sheep   0.1    0.2 (Edible offal,          m a m m a l i a n )   G/SPS/N/CAN/605 
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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 , 
PMRL2012-14, posted: 16 May 2012 (a vailable 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   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 July 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/_pmrl2012-14/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-14/index-fra.php  
(French)