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Notifying
Member: CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Pest Management
Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Pesticide spidoxamat
in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Proposed
Maximum Residue Limit: Spidoxamat (PMRL2025-27).
Language(s): English and French. Number of pages: 6
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Description
of content: The objective of the
notified document PMRL2025-27 is to consult on the listed maximum residue
limits (MRLs) for spidoxamat that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest
Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).
MRL
(ppm)1 Raw Agricultural
Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity
1.5 Stone fruits (crop group
12-09)
1.0 Small fruits vine climbing,
except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F)
0.9 Citrus fruits (crop group 10)
(revised); pistachios
0.3 Pome fruits (crop group 11-09)
0.01 Tree nuts (crop group 14-11,
except almond and pistachio)
1
ppm = parts per million
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-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html)
in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.
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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.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? 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:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Health Canada website: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/consultations.html, PMRL2025-27,
posted: 18 November 2025 (available
in English and French)
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Normally within four to five months from the posting of the
Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Normally within four to five months from the posting of the
Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.
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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
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Final
date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 1 February 2026
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
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Text(s) 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:
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/consultations/proposed-maximum-residue-limit/2025/spidoxamat/document.html (English)
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/securite-produits-consommation/pesticides-lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites-maximales-residus-proposees/2025/spidoxamat/document.html (French)
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point
Global Affairs Canada
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Canada
Tel: +(343) 203 4273
Fax: +(613) 943 0346
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca
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