Notifications for Canada (1150 notifications)

This notification is further to the SPS notification (G/SPS/N/CAN/597/Add.2), where the Minister of Health has issued a Ministerial Regulation entitled "Marketing Authorization (MA) for Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs in Foods" pursuant to section 30.3(1) and 30.5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act.The online "List of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Veterinary Drugs in Foods" https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/veterinary-drugs/maximum-residue-limits-mrls/list-maximum-residue-limits-mrls-veterinary-drugs-foods.html (referred hereafter as the List) is incorporated by reference and is maintained on Health Canada’s website. Any proposed changes will continue to be the subject of consultation, public and international notification, and the List will then be updated administratively. The purpose of this proposal is to notify of a consultation on proposed changes to the List. The proposal includes MRLs for new veterinary drugs (for which MRLs have not previously been established), and for new foods for existing veterinary drugs (for which MRLs have previously been established).Rigorous safety assessments have been conducted to derive these MRLs. Residue compliance for the proposed MRLs has either been monitored and confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), or will be incorporated in future monitoring programs.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pyrethrins notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1489 (dated 13 March 2023) was adopted 12 July 2023.As per PMRL2023-15, the revocation of the MRL for pyrethrins on raw cereals will take effect to allow sufficient time for legally treated commodities to clear the channels of trade. The expected adoption of the revocation in the MRL database will be on 2 March 2026, 36 months from the date of publication of RVD2023-06 (published 2 March 2023).MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://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/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for piperonyl butoxide notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1490 (dated 13 March 2023) was adopted 12 July 2023.As per PMRL2023-16, the revocation of the MRL for piperonyl butoxide on raw cereals will take effect to allow sufficient time for legally treated commodities to clear the channels of trade. The expected adoption of the revocation in the MRL database will be on 2 March 2026, 36 months from the date of publication of RVD2023-07 (published 2 March 2023).MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://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/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented new import requirements for select feed ingredients imported from countries identified as posing a potential concern with respect to African Swine Fever (ASF). The identified products will require an import permit prior to importation from the specified countries and the conditions in the implementing order and the import permit will need to be met. These conditions may include certification of origin, heat treatment and/or hold times (depending on the product in question) designed to mitigate the risk of contamination of these products with the African Swine Fever virus.Canada has amended the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure to add Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The updated list is noted below:Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:[ ]     All trading partners[X]    Specific regions or countries: Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria*; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Czech Republic*; Dominican Republic; Estonia*; The Gambia; Germany*; Ghana; Greece*; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Hungary*; India; Indonesia; Italy*; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia*; Lithuania*; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Republic of Moldova; Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Poland*; Republic of Korea; Republic of North Macedonia; Romania*; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia*; South Africa; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Ukraine; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe* denotes recognition of regionalization.

Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of beta-(β)-glucanase, cellulase and xylanase from Rasamsonia emersonii in various foods.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of β-glucanase, cellulase and xylanase from R. emersonii for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of β-glucanase, cellulase and xylanase from this source as described in the information document below by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 28 June 2023.The purpose of the information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of these food additives.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-28 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for ethalfluralin that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.05            Jerusalem artichokes1 ppm = parts per million

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-29 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for ethalfluralin that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.05            Dry common beans (Phaseolus spp.)2 including: dry black beans, dry cranberry beans, dry beans, dry field beans, dry French beans, dry garden beans, dry Great Northern beans, dry green beans, dry lima beans, dry pink beans, dry pinto beans, dry red beans, dry scarlet runner beans, dry tepary beans, and dry yellow beans1 ppm = parts per million2 Dry kidney beans and dry navy beans are excluded from this action as an MRL of 0.05 ppm is already established for these commodities.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-34 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for fludioxonil that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1    Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity4.0              Sugar beet roots21 ppm = parts per million2 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.02 ppm.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-27 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for flumioxazin that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1     Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.02               Edible-podded dwarf peas, edible-podded peas, edible-podded pigeon peas,  edible-podded snow peas, edible-podded sugar snap peas, succulent shelled English peas, succulent shelled garden peas, succulent shelled green peas, succulent shelled peas, succulent shelled pigeon peas1 ppm = parts per million

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-26 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for fenhexamid that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1     Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity30                  Green onions (crop subgroup 3-07B)2.0                 Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3-07A)1 ppm = parts per millionThe 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.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-31 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for chloropicrin that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.025         Stalk, stem, and leaf petioles (crop group 22)21 ppm = parts per million2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRLs of 0.025 ppm in/on asparagus, cardoon, celery, celtuce, Chinese celery, fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks, kohlrabies and rhubarb with a single crop group 22 MRL. This will result in a single MRL that will be applicable to all commodities within crop group 22. 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.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-32 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for spiromesifen that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity1.0              Green onions (crop subgroup 3-07B)1 ppm = parts per millionThe 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.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-30 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for cyflumetofen that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1    Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity30              Hops (dried cones)1.5              Cherries (crop subgroup 12-09A)0.4             Peaches (crop subgroup 12-09B)0.3             Plums (crop subgroup 12-09C)1 ppm = parts per millionThe 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.

The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-33 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for acequinocyl that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1    Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity3.0              Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B)1 ppm = parts per millionThe 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.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for prothioconazole notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1495 (dated 21 March 2023) was adopted 14 June 2023. 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 Commodity0.9                Dried shelled beans, except soybeans (crop subgroup 6-21E); dried shelled peas (crop subgroup 6-21F)21 ppm = parts per million2 The previously established MRL of 0.9 ppm for crop subgroup 6C, except soybeans is extended to include all commodities within crop subgroup 6-21E (dried shelled beans, except soybeans), and crop subgroup 6-21F (dried shelled peas).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.MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://pest-control.canada.ca/pesticide-registry/en/mrl-search.html) 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/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for mefentrifluconazole notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1494 (dated 21 March 2023) was adopted 14 June 2023. The proposed MRL was established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided directly below:MRL (ppm)1   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.15            Legume vegetables (crop group 6-21), except dry lentils and dry soybeans21 ppm = parts per million2 The previously established MRL of 0.15 ppm for crop group 6 (except dry lentils and dry soybeans) is extended to include all commodities in crop group 6-21 (except dry lentils and dry soybeans). The MRLs already established for dry lentils and dry soybeans at 2.0 ppm and 0.4 ppm, respectively, will not change as a result of this PMRL action.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.MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://pest-control.canada.ca/pesticide-registry/en/mrl-search.html) 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/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of maltogenic alpha-amylase (α-amylase) from Bacillus subtilis ROM in bread, flour, whole wheat flour, and unstandardized bakery products. The requested maximum level of use for this food enzyme is Good Manufacturing Practice.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety maltogenic α-amylase from B. subtilis ROM for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of maltogenic α-amylase from this source as described in the information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 9 June 2023.The purpose of this information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.

Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety and efficacy assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of alpha-(α)-cyclodextrin in various foods. α-Cyclodextrin is a new food additive in Canada.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety and efficacy of α-cyclodextrin for use as a food additive. Consequently, Health Canada is authorizing the use of α-cyclodextrin as described in the information document by modifying the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents, effective 31 May 2023.The purpose of this information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pyraziflumid notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1427 (dated 7 March 2022) and G/SPS/N/CAN/1427/Corr.1 (dated 3 May 2023) was adopted 31 May 2023. The proposed MRL was established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided directly below:MRL (ppm)1    Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.4              Apples1 ppm = parts per millionMRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://pest-control.canada.ca/pesticide-registry/en/mrl-search.html) 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/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for abamectin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1487 (dated 7 March 2023) was adopted 29 May 2023. 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 Commodity0.08            Edible-podded legume vegetables (crop subgroup 6A); edible-podded asparagus beans, edible-podded Chinese longbeans0.01             Dry shelled pea and bean, except soybean (crop subgroup 6C); succulent shelled pea and bean (crop subgroup 6B); dry asparagus beans, dry Chinese longbeans, dry crowder peas, dry field beans, dry soybeans, dry sweet lupins, dry white lupins, dry white sweet lupins, succulent shelled crowder peas, succulent shelled sweet lupins, succulent shelled white lupins, succulent shelled white sweet lupins 1 ppm = parts per millionThe 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.MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada’s Maximum Residue Limit Databasehttps://pest-control.canada.ca/pesticide-registry/en/mrl-search.html) 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/maximum-residue-limits-pesticides.html). The database allows users to search for pesticides or for food commodities.