WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/508 
14 December 2010  
 (10-6705) 
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 deltamethrin in or on va rious 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):  
Deltamethrin (PMRL2010-76)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  11   
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2010-76 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for deltamethrin that have 
been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada. 
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
3.5  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
0.3  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 
0.2  Rapeseeds (Crop Subgroup 20A) 0.1  Dry soybeans 0.05  Milk (calculated on the fat c ontent); fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, 
poultry and sheep  
0.04  Potatoes 
0.02  Eggs; meat and meat by-products  of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry and 
sheep 
Commodities included in each of the identified crop groups and subgroups are listed in 
PMRL2010-76. 
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.    G/SPS/N/CAN/508 
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  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:   
Comparison of proposed Canadian MRLs and established Codex MRLs: 
Food Commodity Canadian MRL  Codex MRL 
 (ppm) (ppm) 
Head and stem Brassica 3.5 0.1 (Flowerhead brassicas) 
(Crop Subgroup 5A)   
Fruiting vegetables 0.3 0.2 (Fruiting vegetables) 
(Crop Group 8-09)  0.3 (Tomatoes) 
Rapeseeds 0.2 Not established. 
(Crop Subgroup 20A)  
Dry soybeans 0.1 0.2 (Legume vegetables) 
Potatoes  0.04 0.01 Milk (calculated 
on the fat content) 0.05 0.05 (Milks) 
Fat of cattle, goats, 0.05 Not established. 
hogs, horses, poultry 
and sheep  
Meat of cattle, goats, 0.02 0.5 (based on fat content) 
hogs, horses and sheep  
Meat of poultry 0.02 0.1 (based on fat content) Meat by-products of 0.02 0.03 (Kidney and liver) 
cattle, goats and sheep  
Meat by-products of hogs 0.02 0.03 (Kidney and liver) Meat by-products of horses 0.02 Not established. Meat by-products of poultry 0.02 0.02  (Edible offal) Eggs   0.02  0.02 
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/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2010-76, posted 26 November 2010 (available in English and French)  G/SPS/N/CAN/508 
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  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) :  9 February 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:    
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/_pmrl2010-76/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2010-76/index-fra.php   
(French)