WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/CAN/599 
25 May 2012  
 (12-2736) 
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 Fluoxastrobin in or on various 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:  Fluoxastrobin 
(PMRL2012-35)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-35  is to 
consult on the listed domestic  and import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 
fluoxastrobin that have been proposed by H ealth Canada's Pest Management Regulatory 
Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
4.5  Dried tomatoes 
4.0  Leaf petioles (Crop Subgroup 4B) 
1.9  Low Growing Berry (Crop Subgroup 13-07G) 
1.5  Tomato paste 1.0  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 0.5  Corn oil 0.4  Soybean oil 
0.15  Wheat bran 
0.1  Cereal grains (Crop Group 15; except field, pop and sweet corn) 0.05  Dry Soybeans 0.02  Field corn, popcorn grain G/SPS/N/CAN/599 
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  0.01  Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C), sweet corn kernels 
plus cob with husks removed 
0.2  Meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 0.15  Milk fat 0.1  Fat of cattle. goats, horses and sheep 0.05  Meat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
0.02  Eggs; fat, meat and meat by-products of hogs and poultry; milk 
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:  
[ ] 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 , 
PMRL2012-35, posted: 10 May 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    G/SPS/N/CAN/599 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 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/_pmrl2012-35/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-35/index-fra.php  
(French)