Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pyraclostrobin

The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for pyraclostrobin notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1028 (dated 6 June 2016) was adopted 25 August 2016. The proposed MRLs were established via entry into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and are provided directly below:

MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity
200 Dried herbs (Crop Group 19A)
40 Crop group 2 (leaves of root and tuber vegetables, except garden beet tops and radish tops1,2), fresh herbs (crop group 19A), dill seeds, fresh chive leaves
3.0 American persimmons, globe artichokes
2.5 Crop group 12-09 (stone fruits)3
1.4 Barley4
0.6 Tropical and subtropical fruits - medium to large fruits, smooth, inedible peel, except banana5 (Crop subgroup 24B)6, mamey sapotes, sapodillas, sorghum
0.45 Undelinted cotton seeds
0.3 Green coffee beans
0.2 Sugarcane cane

ppm = parts per million
1 Garden beet tops and radish tops are excluded from this MRL action as a 40 ppm MRL is already established for these commodities.
2 The new MRL of 40 ppm in/on Crop Group 2 - Leaves of Root and Tuber Vegetables, will replace the existing MRL of 16 ppm in/on turnip tops and celeriac tops.
3 The new MRL of 2.5 ppm in/on Crop Group 12-09 - Stone Fruits, will replace the existing MRL of 0.7 ppm in/on apricots, fresh prune plums, nectarines, peaches, plumcots, plums, sweet cherries and tart cherries.
4 The new MRL of 1.4 ppm in/on barley will replace the existing MRL of 0.4 ppm in/on barley.
5 Bananas are excluded from this MRL action as a 0.04 ppm MRL is currently established for this commodity.
6 The new MRL of 0.6 ppm in/on Crop Subgroup 24B will replace the existing MRL of 0.1 ppm for mango and papaya.

MRLs are established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-proteger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php) in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.

MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database (http://pr-rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl-lrm/index-eng.php) on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides webpage (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-proteger/food-nourriture/mrl-lmr-eng.php). The database allows users to search for pesticide(s) or for food commodity(ies).