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G/SPS/N/CAN/559 
6 October 2011  
 (11-4845) 
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 carbaryl in or on various  food commodities (ICS Code: 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): Carbaryl 
(PMRL2011- 33)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2011-33 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for carbaryl that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
15  Rice  
12  Cactus pads  10  Sorghum 
5.0  Cactus fruits 
2.0  Pineapples 1.0  Dried shelled pea and bean, except soybean (Crop Subgroup 6C)* 0.5  Dry soybeans, sunflower seeds 0.02  Flaxseed, sweet potato roots 
* 
proposed to replace the established MRL of 5.0 ppm  in or on "Beans" a nd "Peas" for all subgroup 
commodities.   
Revised MRLs are proposed for each commodity  included in the dried legume subgroup in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Gr oups webpage in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of Hea lth Canada's website.  G/SPS/N/CAN/559 
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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:  Proposed Canadian MRLs for carbaryl are consistent with the 
corresponding Codex MRL for sweet potato roots but differ from the Codex MRLs for rice, 
dry soybeans and sunflower seeds in accordance with the following table. Codex MRLs are 
not listed on the Codex Alimenta rius Pesticide Residues in F ood webpage for the remaining 
commodities covered under this MRL action. 
Food Commodity Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
R i c e     1 5     1 . 0  
       ( R i c e ,  P o l i s h e d )          1 7 0         (Rice bran, Unprocessed) Dry soybeans   0.5     0.2 
Sunflower seeds  0.5     0.2 
Sweet potato roots  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 , 
PMRL2011-33, posted 27 September 2011 (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    G/SPS/N/CAN/559 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  11 December 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/_pmrl2011-33/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2011-33/index-fra.php  
(French)