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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/316 
29 April 2008  
 (08-2049) 
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):  Fludioxonil (ICS:  65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.080) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Not 
stated. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit:  Fludioxonil (PMRL2008-05) (ava ilable in English and French, 7 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 Ac t (PCPA) without having to adopt MRLs by regulation under the FDA.  
The objective of this document is to consult on the listed import MRLs for fludioxonil that 
have been proposed by the PMRA since th e 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 establ ished as soon as possible after the FDA is 
amended. 
MRL (ppm)
 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
30  Amaranth, arugula, corn salad, da ndelion leaves, dock, edible leaved 
chrysanthemum, endives, fresh chervil leaves, fresh parsley leaves, garden cress, garden purslane, garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce, leaf lettuce, orach leaves, radicchio, up land cress, winter purslane 
0.4  Dry adzuki beans, dry beans, dry blackeyed peas, dry broad beans, dry 
catjang seed, dry chickpeas, dry guar seed, dry kidney beans, dry lablab 
beans, dry lentils, dry lima  beans, dry moth beans, dry mung beans, dry navy 
beans, dry pink beans, dry pinto beans, dry rice beans, dry tepary beans, dry urd beans, edible-podded jackbeans, edible-podded moth beans, edible-
podded runner beans, edible-podded snap beans, edible-podded swordbeans, 
edible-podded wax beans, edible-podded yardlong beans, grain lupin, 
succulent shelled blackeyed peas, succulent shelled broad beans, succulent shelled lima beans G/SPS/N/CAN/316 
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  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 , PMRL2008-05, 
posted:  22 April 2008 (available 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:  6 July 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 regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-05-eng.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-05-fra.pdf   (French)