NAC587.721. Administration of Program.

     1. Participation in the Program is voluntary, and a participant may withdraw from the Program at any time.

     2. The Department or its authorized agent will conduct any approval, supervision, inspection, sampling determination, registration and certification for the Program.

     3. The Department will approve registration or certification of garlic based on planting sites accepted by the Department, laboratory examinations and visual inspections.

     4. The Department may approve foundation stock or registered stock as a source of propagative material if the foundation stock or registered stock has been tested and found free of stem and bulb nematode of the Allium species (Ditylenchus dipsaci) and has been inspected and found free of white rot fungus (Sclerotium cepivorum).

     5. The Department may certify garlic as “Nevada Certified Seed Garlic” if the garlic has been inspected and found free of white rot fungus based on commonly accepted inspection and sampling procedures and has met all other requirements for qualification as certified stock.

     6. A participant may use official tags issued by the Department or other means of labeling to identify garlic that meets the requirements of NAC 587.640 to 587.810, inclusive.

     7. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 587.640 to 587.810, inclusive, certification of garlic is based solely on a sample of garlic from each planting entered in the Program.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture by R043-00, eff. 5-11-2000)