Canada Proposes Maximum Residue Limit Bicyclopyrone (PMRL2017-30).

Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada Proposes Maximum Residue Limit Bicyclopyrone (PMRL2017-30).

The objective of the notified document PMRL2017-30 is to consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for bicyclopyrone that have been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

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

2.0                               Meat by-products of cattle, goats, horses and sheep²

0.5                               Meat by-products of hogs³

0.15                             Barley bran

0.07                             Barley, wheat bran

0.04                             Wheat

¹ ppm = parts per million

²The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established 1.5 ppm MRL.

³The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established 0.2 ppm MRL.

Products covered: Pesticide bicyclopyrone in or on various commodities

HS code: 38

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Normally within 4 to 5 months from the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada web site.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): On the date the measure is adopted.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 16 January 2018

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures , so that these can be taken up suitably.