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Updates about this market, newest first: its WTO notifications of draft SPS and TBT rules and any other update that names it. 96 published so far.

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  1. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposal to modify two of the Lists of Permitted Food Additives (fruit and vegetable cellulose isolate); Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Food Enzymes (nuclease P1); and…

    Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate completed premarket assessments of a number of food additive submissions seeking authorization for the use of: fruit and vegetable cellulose isolate as a stabilizing or thickening agent in cream for whipping at a maximum level of use of 2,000 ppm and…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1653

  2. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Modification to the List of Permitted Anticaking Agents (silicon dioxide)

    Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of silicon dioxide as an anticaking agent in nutrient pre-mixes for use in infant formula. The outcome of the premarket assessment supports authorizing silicon dioxide…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1655Comments until 12 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Purposes of Use (chloropentafluoroethane and octafluorocyclobutane)

    Health Canada has launched a consultation on a proposal to no longer allow chloropentafluoroethane and octafluorocyclobutane to be used as food additives by removing their respective entries from the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Purposes of Use, as described in the notice. The…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1654

  4. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Regulations Amending the Clean Fuel Regulations (43 pages, available in English and French)

    The Clean Fuel Regulations (the Regulations) require regulated parties (producers and importers of gasoline or diesel) to reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity of the gasoline or diesel they produce or import for use in Canada. To achieve this, the Regulations establish annual lifecycle carbon…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/785Comments until 14 January 2027

  5. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Notice of consultation: Proposed change to the veterinary omeprazole listing on the Prescription Drug List (2 pages, English and French) Consultation: Proposed change to the…

    Health Canada is consulting Canadians on the proposal to allow certain veterinary drugs that contain omeprazole to be sold without a prescription. This consultation provides an opportunity to comment on a proposed change to the 'omeprazole or its salts' listing on the veterinary use part of the…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/776/Add.1Comment period closed

  6. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposal to modify the Table of Chemical, Physical and the Nutritional Characteristics of Food

    Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has launched a consultation regarding the notice of proposal to modify the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food (Table). The Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) include requirements related to protein quality that apply to…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/784Comments until 20 January 2027

  7. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients (selenium)

    Health Canada initiated an evaluation to determine whether revised conditions of use for selenium in supplemented foods should be proposed based on the publication of an updated scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for selenium by the European Food Safety Authority Panel on…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1652Comments until 20 January 2027

  8. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients (vitamin B6)

    Health Canada initiated an evaluation to determine whether revised conditions of use for vitamin B6 in supplemented foods should be proposed based on the publication of an updated scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for vitamin B6 by the European Food Safety Authority Panel…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1651Comments until 20 January 2027

  9. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cyprodinil (PMRL2026-12)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-12 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for cyprodinil that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 4.0 Sugar apples…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1650Comments until 13 December 2026

  10. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Fludioxonil (PMRL2026-11)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-11 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for fludioxonil that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 20 Tropical and…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1649Comments until 13 December 2026

  11. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Consultation on RSS-199, Issue 5

    Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has amended the following standard: RSS-199, issue 5, 'Broadband Radio Service (BRS) Equipment Operating in the Band 2500–2690 MHz'. This standard sets out the requirements for the certification of…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/783Comments until 4 December 2026

  12. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals List

    Canada is seeking comments on the Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals List (SSL) to add or remove species as well as change the diseases of concern associated with species currently on the SSL. These updates are to align with changes to the species listed in the disease specific chapters of the…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1634/Add.1Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationSPSAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Chlorantraniliprole (PMRL2025-11)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-11 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for chlorantraniliprole that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 80 Tea…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1596/Add.1Comment period closed

  14. WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Regulations

    The purpose of the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger automobiles and light trucks. On December 20, 2023, amendments to the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations introduced…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/688/Rev.1Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Fludioxonil (PMRL2026-09)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-09 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for fludioxonilthat have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 15 Abyssinian…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1648Comments until 10 November 2026

  16. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Cyprodinil (PMRL2026-10)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-10 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for cyprodinil that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 30 Abyssinian…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1647Comments until 10 November 2026

  17. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Epyrifenacil (PMRL2026-08)

    The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-08 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for epyrifenacilthat have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 0.01 Eggs; fat…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1646Comment period closed

  18. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Consultation on RSS-310, Issue 6 (10 pages in English, 10 pages in French)

    Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has amended the following standard: RSS-310, issue 6, Licence-exempt radio apparatus: category II equipment, sets out the requirements for licence-exempt radio apparatus that is exempt from certification.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/773/Add.1Comment period closed

  19. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Consultation on RSS-Gen, Issue 6 (48 pages in English, 50 pages in French)

    Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has amended the following standard: RSS-Gen, issue 6, General requirements for compliance of radio apparatus, sets out the general requirements applicable to licensed and licence-exempt radio apparatus.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/772/Add.1Comment period closed

  20. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to permit 30% juice in certain caffeinated beverages

    Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate received a pre-market submission to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to permit no more than 30% juice in foods belonging to the category listed in item 1 of the List of Permitted Supplemented Food Categories, permitted to contain…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1599/Add.1Comment period closed

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What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

Food safety, animal and plant health

Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

Technical product rules

Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.

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