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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/336 
10 June 2008  
 (08-2718) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA   
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Chlorantraniliprole (ICS:  65.020,  65.100,  67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.200) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit:  Chlora ntraniliprole (PMRL2008-21) (ava ilable in English and French, 
8 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Currently, maximum residue limits (MRLs) are legally established 
in Canada under the Food and Drug Regulations  (FDR) after consultation through the 
Canada Gazette .  Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act  (FDA) via Bill C-28, anticipated 
to come into force in 2008, will allow pestic ide MRLs to be legally  established under the Pest 
Control Products Act (PCPA) without having to adopt MRLs by regulation under the FDA.  
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed domestic and import MRLs for 
chlorantraniliprole that have been proposed by the PMRA since the PCPA came into force on 
28 June 2006.  Consultation is being initiated in advance of Bill C-28 coming into force so 
that the MRLs listed in this document can be legally establishe d as soon as possible after the 
FDA is amended. 
Commodities included in each of the identif ied crop groups/subgroups are listed in the 
corresponding Proposed MRL document (PMRL2008-21). 
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
13  Leafy vegetables, except Brassica  vegetables (Crop Group 4) 
11  Leafy Brassica  greens (Crop Subgroup 5B) 
4.0  Head and stem Brassica  (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
2.5  Raisins 1.2  Small fruits vine climbing, except  fuzzy kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F) 
1.0  Stone fruits (Crop Group 12) 
0.7  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8) G/SPS/N/CAN/336 
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   0.3  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11), undelinted cotton seeds* 
0.25  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9)* 0.01  Fat, meat and meat by-products of  cattle, goats, horses and sheep; milk; 
potatoes 
   * I m p o r t  M R L s  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site: 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/ english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2008-21, 
posted:  5 June 2008 (availab le in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted 
12. Final date for comments:  19 August 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or 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.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-21-eng.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-21-fra.pdf   (French)