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G/SPS/N/CAN/598 
11 May 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 Fluxapyroxad 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:  Fluxapyroxad 
(PMRL2012-29)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-29 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for fluxapyroxad that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
4.5  Rice bran 
3.0  Cereal grains (Crop Group 15, except wheat & corn), dried prune plums 2.0  Edible-podded legume vegetables (C rop Subgroup 6A), stone fruits (Crop 
Group 12-09) 
0.9  Oilseeds (Crop Group 20, except cotton seeds) 0.8  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09) 0.7  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 0.6  Wheat bran 
0.5  Succulent shelled pea and bean (Crop Subgroup 6B) 
0.4  Dried shelled pea and bean, except soybean (Crop Subgroup 6C) 0.3  Wheat 0.15  Dry soybeans; sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed 0.1  Sugar beet roots 0.05  Fat of cattle, goats, horses and sheep 
0.03  Corn oil; meat by-products (e xcept kidney) of cattle, goats, horses and 
sheep 
0.02  Tuberous and corm vegetabl es (Crop Subgroup 1C); peanut oil G/SPS/N/CAN/598 
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  0.01  Fat, meat and meat by-products of  hogs and poultry; kidney and meat of 
cattle, goats, horses and sheep; field co rn; peanuts; popcorn grain;  
undelinted cotton seeds 
0.005  Milk 0.002  Eggs 
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 website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-29, posted: 7 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   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  21 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:     G/SPS/N/CAN/598 
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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/_pmrl2012-29/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-29/index-fra.php  
(French)