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G/SPS/N/CAN/616 
18 June 2012  
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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 legume vegetables, except soybeans 
(Crop Group 6), eggs and milk (ICS Codes:  65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.100, 67.120) 
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 
(PMRL2012-21)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-21 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for Chlorantraniliprole that 
have been proposed by Health Canada's P est Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
2.0  Legume vegetables (Crop Group 6, except soybeans) 
0.1  Eggsa 
0.02  Milkb 
ppm = parts per million 
aThe MRL is proposed to replace the 0.01 pp m MRL for eggs which was consulted on via 
PMRL2012-01 and is to be established shortly. 
bThe MRL is proposed to repl ace the currently establishe d 0.01 ppm MRL for milk. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity includ ed in the legume vegetables crop group, 
except soybeans, in accordan ce with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage 
("http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/pro tect-proteger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-
eng.php ") in the Pesticides and Pest Management  section of Health Canada's website. G/SPS/N/CAN/616 
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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. 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 in Canada with 
corresponding MRLs established by Codex. 
Food Commodity   Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Legume vegetables (Crop Group 6,  
except soybeans)    2.0   Not Established Eggs      0.1    0.1 
Milk      0.02   0.05 (Milks) 
        0 . 2  ( M i l k  f a t s )  
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 , 
PMRL2012-21, posted: 6 June 2012  (a vailable 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) :  20 August 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:     G/SPS/N/CAN/616 
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  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/_pmrl2012-21/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-21/index-fra.php  
(French)