Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-10-2 - CERTIFICATION OF SWEET POTATO SEED AND SWEET POTATO PLANTS
Section 80-10-2-.02 - Definitions

(a) Board. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

(b) Commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his designated representative.

(c) Infested. The actual presence of a pest of sweet potatoes, or circumstances which make it reasonable to believe that such are present.

(d) Pest(s). Any infectious, contagious, or harmful agent, disease or disorder of sweet potatoes, including but not limited to, those incited by bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycoplasmas, nematodes, mites, insects, protozoa, weeds, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing.

(e) Sweet Potato. Vines, cuttings, slips, draws, roots, and any other vegetatively propagated part of the plant, Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam.

(f) Sweet Potato Grower. Any individual, corporation, or company who grows Sweet Potato seed, plants or table stock for the purpose of distribution, sale or movement away from the farm on which such Sweet Potatoes were grown or produced.

(g) Sweet Potato Dealer. Any individual, corporation, company, society, association or other business entity, not a grower of sweet potatoes, who buys, receives on consignment, or otherwise acquires and has in his possession sweet potatoes for the purpose of offering or exposing same for sale, reselling, reshipping or distributing.

(h) Sweet Potato Plant Certificate Tag. A tag, of various colors, issued by the commissioner, indicating that the sweet potato plants on which the tag is issued were produced in a manner consistent with this Chapter.

(i) Sweet Potato Plant Certificate Tag. A tag, of various colors, issued by the commissioner, indicating that the sweet potato plants on which the tag is issued were produced in a manner consistent with this Chapter.

(j) Sweet Potato Plant Certificate Tape. Fabric tape of various colors, correspondent to those of (8) above, issued by the commissioner, indicating that the sweet potato plants on which the tape is issued were produced in a manner consistent with this Chapter.

(k) Sweet Potato Green Tag. A tag, green in color, issued to Sweet Potato producers indicating compliance with Alabama sweet potato certification rules.