NAC587.434. Chemical treatment or contamination of planting; postharvest testing; isolation of contaminated portion of planting.

     1. If a planting is treated or contaminated with a chemical that causes seed-borne injury to seed potatoes, the Department may:

     (a) Withhold certification pending the outcome of a postharvest test; or

     (b) Refuse to certify a planting or portion of a planting.

     2. If the Department determines that a planting may have suffered chemical damage, the Department will:

     (a) Collect a separate sample from the planting that may have suffered chemical damage to conduct a postharvest test; and

     (b) Withhold certification until the postharvest test is complete.

     3. If a portion of a planting does not show enough chemical injury to prevent or interfere with an inspection of the planting but is contaminated to a degree that seed-borne chemical injury may occur in the next planting, the contaminated portion of the planting must be harvested and stored separately from the noncontaminated portion of the planting.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture by R036-01, eff. 10-17-2001)