CAN/1309
WTO/SPS
CA Canada
  • 65 - Agriculture
  • 67 - Food technology
2020-08-17
2020-06-10

Pesticide bixafen in or on various commodities (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120)

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Bixafen (PMRL2020‑09). Language(s): English and French. Number of pages: 5 and 6

The objective of the notified document PMRL2020-09 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for bixafen that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

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

3.0                          Sorghum

0.4                          Cereal grains, except rice and sorghum (crop group 15)

0.2                          Fat, meat and meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses and sheep

0.3                          Root vegetables (crop subgroup 1A)

0.04                        Dry soybeans

0.05                        Milk

0.01                        Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C), peanuts

0.01                        Eggs; fat, meat and meat byproducts of hogs and poultry

1 ppm = parts per million

An MRL is proposed for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups web-page
(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.