Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-324 - Certification of seed potatoes
Section 16-324-431 - Digging, storage and premarketing
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Each seed lot must be stored with its identity maintained. All tubers from a unit planting method must be numbered and stored as an identifiable unit for the next year's planting.
(2) Each storage or room containing more than one seed lot must have an impermeable barrier between each lot.
(3) The applicant must notify in writing receivers of any seed lot found to be infected with ring rot. The applicant must provide the department with a copy of this notification when it is sent to the receiver.
(4) All seed classes must be graded according to the United States Standards for Grades of Seed Potatoes.
(5) Each container or sack must be identified with an official Washington seed potato tag listing the grower's name, address, seed lot number, net weight, variety and classification unless such information is printed on the sacks or containers.
(6) The department issues tags to the grower. The grower is required to comply with all of the following:
(7) The department may issue a compliance agreement authorizing the grower to tag seed potatoes.
(8) Bulk shipments must be identified with the information required in subsection (5) of this section.
Statutory Authority: RCW 15.14.015 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 13-12-014, § 16-324-431, filed 5/24/13, effective 6/24/13. Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 02-12-010, § 16-324-431, filed 5/23/02, effective 6/23/02; 00-20-070, § 16-324-431, filed 10/3/00, effective 11/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.14.030. 97-11-028, § 16-324-431, filed 5/14/97, effective 6/14/97.