CAN/1484
WTO/SPS
CA Canada
  • 65 - Agriculture
  • 67 - Food technology
2023-05-07
2023-03-01

Pesticide carfentrazone-ethyl in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.200, 67.220)

Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Carfentrazone-ethyl (PMRL2023-13). Language(s): English and French. Number of pages: 9 and 10

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-13 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for carfentrazone-ethyl that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity2,3

0.1              Bulb vegetables (crop group 3-07); leafy vegetables (crop group 4-13); fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09); pome fruits (crop group 11-09); stone fruits (crop group 12-09); bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B); rapeseeds (crop subgroup 20A) (revised); sunflowers (crop subgroup 20B) (revised); leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B); fresh peppermint leaves, dried peppermint leaves, fresh spearmint leaves, dried spearmint leaves

1 ppm = parts per million

2 The current established MRL of 0.8 ppm for the milling fractions of barley, buckwheat, millet, oat, rye, triticale, and wheat will be expired, as the processed fractions will be covered by the established MRL of 0.1 ppm for the raw agricultural commodities (RAC).

3 The commodities of edible leaved chrysanthemum, Chinese mustard cabbage, mustard spinach and pepper hybrids, all at the established MRL of 0.1 ppm, will be expired to reflect recent changes in crop grouping terminology. The currently established MRLs (all at 0.1 ppm) for the following commodities will be expired and replaced by their relevant proposed crop group/subgroup MRLs: Chinese onions, dry bulb onions, garlic, great headed garlic, green onions, leeks, potato onions, shallots, tree onion tops, Welsh onion tops; amaranth, arugula, bok choy Chinese cabbages, broccoli rabe, Chinese broccoli, collards, corn salad, dandelion leaves, dock, endives, fresh chervil leaves, fresh parsley leaves, garden cress, garden purslane, garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce, kales, leaf lettuce, Malabar spinach, mustard greens, New Zealand spinach, orach, radicchio, rape leaves, spinach, Swiss chard, upland cress, winter purslane; bell peppers, eggplants, groundcherries, non-bell peppers, pepinos, tomatillos, tomatoes; apples, Asian pears, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, pears, quinces; apricots, fresh prune plums, nectarines, peaches, plumcots, plums, sweet cherries, tart cherries; blueberries, currants, elderberries, gooseberries, huckleberries; flaxseeds, mustard seeds (oilseed type), rapeseeds (canola); safflower seeds, sunflower seeds; cardoon, celery, Chinese celery and rhubarb.

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.