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31 January 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 January 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
  
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pyridate  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pyridate notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1402 
(dated 8 July 2021) was adopted 21 January 2022. The proposed MRLs were established via entry 
into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw A gricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.4 Dry lentils, peppermint tops, spearmint tops  
0.2 Meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses and sheep  
0.05 Rapeseeds (crop subgroup 20A); dry chickpeas, dry field peas, dry pigeon peas, 
 eggs, fat of  cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry and sheep; field corn, meat by -
 products of hogs and poultry; meat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry and 
 sheep; milk, sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed  
1ppm = parts per million  
An MRL is established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with 
the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups  webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-
health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ) on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides 
webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/ma ximum -residue -
limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the adde ndum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other G/SPS/N/CAN/1402/Add.1  
 
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  circumstances, such as extensi on of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRLs have been provided above and are also accessible from the MRL webpage as 
indicated below:  
 https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticide s.html  (English)  
https:// www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enqu iry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: + (343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
 
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