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-.07 - Requirements For Out-Of-State Sweet Potato Seed And Plant Growers

(1) Sweet potato seed or sweet potato plants produced outside the State of Alabama and moved into Alabama shall be governed by the same requirements that regulate such material produced within the State of Alabama.

(2) Out-of-state growers who wish to move sweet potato seed or sweet potato plants into Alabama must submit to the commissioner a duplicate inspection certificate issued by the certifying agency of the state of origin. This duplicate inspection certificate must show compliance with certification requirements equivalent to those provided herein.

(3) Sweet potato seed certificate tags, sweet potato plant certificate tags, and sweet potato plant certificate tape issued by the certifying agency of the state of origin will be accepted in Alabama on a reciprocal basis.

(4) Seed shall be shipped in new and unused containers, or in properly cleaned and treated used containers which bear a sweet potato seed certificate tag issued by the proper certifying agency of the state of origin.

(5) Plants must be tied in bundles of one hundred (100) plants or less with sweet potato plant certificate tape issued by the proper certifying agency of the state of origin and each bundle or each container of plants must have a sweet potato plant certificate tag showing the grower's name, address, the variety, and the number of plants in each bundle. Such plants shall be shipped in new and unused containers, or in properly cleaned and treated used containers.

(6) Sweet potato plant certificate tags, sweet potato seed certificate tags, and sweet potato plant certificate tape will be supplied at a reasonable cost by the commissioner if not available from the certifying agency in the state of origin.

Author: Charles H. Barnes