Established Maximum Residue Limit: Pyraclostrobin

November 19, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-100-10832-2 (978-1-100-10833-9)
Cat. No.: H113-29/2008-42E (H113-29/2008-42E-PDF)
(EMRL2008-42)

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Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has converted the registration of Pyraclostrobin Technical Fungicide and the end-use products Headline EC Fungicide and Cabrio EG Fungicide from conditional to full registration, Pest Control Products Act Registration Numbers 27321, 27322 and 27323, respectively.

Corresponding new and revised MRLs were proposed in the consultation document published on 6 June 2008, Proposed Maximum Residue Limit PMRL2008-25, Pyraclostrobin. The PMRA received no comments in response to this consultation.

To comply with Canada's international trade obligations, consultation on the proposed MRLs was also conducted internationally by notifying the World Trade Organization, as coordinated by the Standards Council of Canada. No comments were received as a result of the World Trade Organization consultation.

The following MRLs are legally in effect as of the publication date of this document and either replace or are in addition to the MRLs already established for pyraclostrobin.

Established Maximum Residue Limits for Pyraclostrobin

Common Name: Pyraclostrobin

Residue Definition: methyl [2-[[[1- (4-chlorophenyl)-1H- pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl] methoxycarbamate, including the metabolite [2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)- 1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl] phenyl]carbamate

Food Commodity / MRL parts per million (ppm)

Berries (Crop Group 13)
(Replaces the currently established MRL of 1.0 ppm for berry commodities.) / 3.5

Bulb vegetables (Crop Group 3)
(Replaces the currently established MRL of 0.65 ppm for bulb vegetable commodities.) / 0.9

Residue Definition: methyl [2-[[[1- (4-chlorophenyl)-1H -pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl] methoxycarbamate, including the metabolites convertible to 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ol and 1-(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ol

Food Commodity / MRL parts per million (ppm)

Eggs, meat and meat byproducts of poultry / 0.1

MRLs for the listed crop groups are established for each commodity included in the groups in accordance with Appendix I.

A complete list of all MRLs established in Canada can be found on the PMRA's MRL webpage.

Appendix I

Crop Groups: Numbers and Definitions

Crop Group Number: 3

Name of the Crop Group: Bulb vegetables

Food Commodities Included in the Crop Group: Chinese onions (This revised commodity descriptor was previously captured as "Rakkyo" in PMRL2008-25.), Dry bulb onions, Garlic, Great headed garlic, Green onions, Leeks, Potato onions, Shallots, Tree onion tops, Welsh onion tops

Crop Group Number: 13

Name of the Crop Group: Berries

Food Commodities Included in the Crop Group: Blackberries, Blueberries, Currants, Elderberries, Gooseberries, Huckleberries, Loganberries, Raspberries