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G/SPS/N/CAN/591 
3 April 2012  
 (12-1722) 
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 chlorantraniliprole 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:  Chlorantraniliprole 
(PMRL2012-01)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  6 and 7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-01 is to 
consult on the listed domestic  and import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 
chlorantraniliprole that have been proposed  by Health Canada's Pest Management 
Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
9.0  Peppermint tops; spearmint tops 2.5  Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09)
1 
1.0  Coffee (instant) 
0.4  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09)2 
0.15  Coffee (green beans); rice 0.05  Fat and meat byproducts  of cattle, goats, horses and sheep
3 
0.02  Tree nuts (Crop Group 14); field corn; pistachios; popcorn grain 
0.01  Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C, except potatoes4); 
eggs; fat, meat and meat bypr oducts of hogs and poultry 
1 The MRL is proposed to replace the existing 1.0 ppm MRL for stone fruits  (Crop Group 12) and 
establish a new MRL for the additional commodities in the expanded 2009 crop group. 
2 The MRL is proposed to replace the existing 0. 3 ppm MRL for pome fruits  (Crop Group 11) and 
establish a new MRL for the additional commodities in the expanded 2009 crop group. G/SPS/N/CAN/591 
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  3 The MRL is proposed to replace the existing 0. 01 ppm MRL for the liste d livestock commodities. 
4 Potatoes are excluded as a 0.01 ppm MR L is already established for the commodity.  
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 table below compares the MRLs proposed for 
chlorantraniliprole in Canada with the co rresponding MRLs established by Codex. Each 
commodity in this MRL action not listed below does not have a corresponding Codex MRL. 
Food Commodity    Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Peppermint tops, spearmint tops  9.0    15 
Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09)  2.5    1 
Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09)   0.4    0.4 Rice      0.15    0.02         ( C e r e a l  g r a i n s )  Tree nuts (Crop Group 14),  
pistachios     0.02    0.02 
Field corn grain, popcorn grain   0.02    0.02         ( C e r e a l  g r a i n s )  Tuberous and corm vegetables  (Crop Subgroup 1C, except potatoes)  0.01    0.02 
        ( R o o t  a n d  t u b e r    
        v e g e t a b l e s )  Meat by-products of cattle, goats,  horses and sheep    0.05    0.2         (Mammalian edible offal) Eggs      0.01    0.1 
Meat by-products of hogs and poultry  0.01    0.2 
        (Mammalian edible offal) 
        0 . 0 1  
        ( P o u l t r y  e d i b l e  o f f a l )   G/SPS/N/CAN/591 
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  Meat of hogs and poultry   0.01    0.2 
        ( M a m m a l i a n  m e a t )  
        0 . 0 1          ( P o u l t r y  m e a t )  
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 , 
PMRL2012-01, posted: 20 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) :    
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) :  3 June 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/_pmrl2012-01/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-01/index-fra.php  
(French)