Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Established Maximum Residue Limits: Flonicamid


WTO code G/SPS/N/CAN/1579/Add.1
Date notice 17/02/2025
Notice type Regular
Title Established Maximum Residue Limits: Flonicamid
Summary

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for flonicamid notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1579 (dated 18 November 2024) was adopted 12 February 2025. The proposed MRLs were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:

MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity

50 Bok choy Chinese cabbages, watercress

40 Herbs dried leaves (crop subgroup 25B)2

16 Maca, turnip greens

8.0 Leaf lettuce

7.0 Herbs fresh leaves (crop subgroup 25A)3

1.5 Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B)4

0.4 Sweet corn (crop subgroup 15-21D)

1 ppm = parts per million

2 The established MRLs of 7.0 ppm on dried peppermint leaves and dried spearmint leaves are replaced by a single crop subgroup MRL of 40 ppm for herbs dried leaves (crop subgroup 25B).

3 The established MRLs of 7.0 ppm on fresh peppermint leaves and fresh spearmint leaves are replaced by a single crop subgroup MRL of 7.0 ppm for herbs fresh leaves (crop subgroup 25A).

4 The established MRLs of 1.5 ppm for lowbush blueberries and lingonberries are replaced by a single crop subgroup MRL of 1.5 ppm for bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B). 

The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-productsafety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticidesfood/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.

MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database (https://pest-control.canada.ca/pesticide-registry/en/mrl-search.html) on the Maximum residue limits, human health, and food safety webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/healthcanada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-yourhealth-environment/pesticides-food/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

Product
Country Canada

File attach:
NCAN1579A1.pdf

Orther Notice:


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