WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/524 
7 April 2011  
 (11-1742) 
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):  Pesticide flonicamid 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 (PMRL):  Flonicamid  
(PMRL2011-07)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2011-07 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for flonicamid that have 
been proposed by Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada. 
MRL (ppm )  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
16    Leafy Brassica greens (Crop Subgroup 5B), radish tops 
 9.0    Spinach 
 7.0    Hops  4.0    Leafy vegetables, except Brassica (Crop Group 4; except spinach)  2.0    Tomato paste  1.5    Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
 0.6    Root vegetables, except sugar b eets (Crop Subgroup 1B), stone fruits (Crop  
Group 12-09) 
 0.5  Tomato puree  0.4    Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09), cucurbit vegetables (Crop 
Group 9), potato flakes, potato granules 
 0.2    Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C), pome fruits (Crop  
Group 11-09) G/SPS/N/CAN/524 
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   0.08    Meat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
 0.03    Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep; milk 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Gr oups webpage in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of H ealth 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 website:  " http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2011-
07/pmrl2011-07-eng.php ", PMRL2011-07, posted 22 March 2011 (available 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) :  5 June 2011 
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:     G/SPS/N/CAN/524 
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  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/alt_form ats/pdf/pest/part/consultations/pmrl2011-
07/pmrl2011-07-eng.pdf " (English) 
"http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_form ats/pdf/pest/part/consultations/pmrl2011-
07/pmrl2011-07-fra.pdf " (French)