Notifications for Canada (1150 notifications)
The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-16 is to consult on the proposed MRL revocation for piperonyl butoxide on raw cereals identified in the PMRL.
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of transglutaminase from Streptomyces mobaraensis M2020197 in various foods.Transglutaminase from another source is already permitted for use in Canada in a number of the foods requested by the petitioner. Prior to this Notice, S. mobaraensis M2020197 was not a permitted source for any food enzyme in Canada.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of transglutaminase from S. mobaraensis M2020197 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of transglutaminase from this source as described in the information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 2 March 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 pyrifluquinazon notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1467 (dated 5 December 2022) was adopted 28 February 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 Commodity30 Citrus oil20 Tea (dried leaves)5.0 Leafy vegetables (crop group 4-13)1.5 Leaf petioles vegetables (crop subgroup 22B)0.7 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised)0.6 Brassica head and stem vegetables (crop group 5-13)0.3 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09); cherries (crop subgroup 12-09A); small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup13-07F); undelinted cotton seeds0.07 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9); pome fruits (crop group 11-09)0.04 Peaches (crop subgroup 12-09B)0.02 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C); plums (crop subgroup 12-09C); tree nuts (crop group 14-11)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.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-17 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for abamectin that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).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 lupins1 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.
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of subtilisin from Bacillus licheniformis PP6107 in various foods.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of subtilisin from B. licheniformis PP6107 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of subtilisin from this source as described in the information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 22 February 2023.The purpose of this communication 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 clomazone notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1465 (dated 5 December 2022) and G/SPS/N/CAN/1465/Corr.1 (dated 15 December 2022) was adopted 23 February 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 Commodity0.05 Gold of Pleasure seeds, mustard seeds (condiment type), mustard seeds (oilseed type)1 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 sedaxane notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1466 (dated 5 December 2022) was adopted 23 February 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 Commodity0.01 Peanuts, rice, undelinted cotton seeds1 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 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 Commodity2,30.1 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 leaves1 ppm = parts per million2 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.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-14 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for benzovindiflupyr that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity3.0 Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (crop group 2)0.6 Root vegetable except sugar beet (crop subgroup 1B, except ginseng roots)0.3 Ginseng roots1 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 PMRL2023-11 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for oxathiapiprolin that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.1 Tropical and subtropical, medium to large fruits, smooth, inedible peel (crop subgroup 24B)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 PMRL2023-12 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for teflubenzuronthat have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity6.0 Dried apples1.0 Raisins0.7 Grapes0.5 Apples0.3 Cantaloupes, muskmelons (other than those listed in this item)0.01 Sugarcane cane1 ppm = parts per million
The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-08 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pendimethalin that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.1 Pome fruits (crop group 11-09)2; stone fruits (crop group 12-09)31 ppm = parts per million2 The proposed MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on pome fruits (crop group 11-09) will replace the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on individual commodities within this crop group.3 The proposed MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on stone fruits (crop group 12-09) will replace the currently established MRL of 0.1 ppm in/on individual commodities within this crop group.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 PMRL2023-10 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for benoxacor that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.01 Caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A)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 PMRL2023-09 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for S-metolachlorthat has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.1 Caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A)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 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 Singapore. 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; Bulgaria*; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; 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 authorization for the use of erythritol in granola and other ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereals and coatings for RTE breakfast cereals.Erythritol is already permitted for use as a food additive in various foods in Canada. The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of erythritol for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of erythritol described in the information document below by modifying the List of Permitted Sweeteners, effective 2 February 2023.The purpose of this communication 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 assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of lactase from Bacillus subtilis DH617 in certain dairy foods.Lactase from other sources is already permitted for use in Canada in lactose-reducing enzyme preparations and certain dairy products. Prior to this notice, B. subtilis DH617 was not a permitted source for any food enzyme in Canada.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of lactase from B. subtilis DH617 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of lactase from this source as described in the information document below by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective 6 February 2023.The purpose of this communication 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 fenazaquin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1454 (dated 12 September 2022) was adopted 3 February 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 Commodity20 Citrus oil2.0 Stone fruits (crop group 12-09); low growing berries (crop subgroup 13-07G)0.8 Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B); raisins0.7 Caneberries (crop subgroup 13-07A); small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F)0.6 Pome fruits (crop group 11-09)0.4 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised)0.3 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09); cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9)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.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2023-07 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for fluazinam that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity3.0 Grapes0.07 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9)21 ppm = parts per million2 While there are MRLs currently established for commodities within crop subgroup 9A (melon) at 0.07 ppm, the MRLs will be expanded to cover all commodities within crop group 9 (cucurbit vegetables). Hence a crop group MRL for cucurbit vegetables is being proposed, while the current MRLs for individual commodities within crop subgroup 9A will be expired.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 PMRL2023-06 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for pyriproxyfen that has been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.2 Bananas1 ppm = parts per million