Section 16-324-409 - Post-harvest test requirements(1) Post-harvest testing is required for the following lots: (a) All Generation 1 lots except lots that are less than 0.25 acre and planted back on the same seed potato farm;(b) Seed lots sold for recertification; and(c) Lots for which a post-harvest test is required by WAC 16-324-399.(2) Testing of seed lots submitted for post-harvest testing in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section by ELISA for PVY is optional. Seed lots officially sampled by the department for PVY testing will be subject to disease tolerance listed under WAC 16-324-420.(3) A minimum of four hundred tubers must be submitted for each seed lot entered for post-harvest testing. Seed lots less than 0.25 acre in size must submit a minimum of four tubers per total hundred weight with a minimum of fifty tubers.(4) The applicant is responsible for the cost of post-harvest testing.(5) Seed lots in the post-harvest test which fail to comply with the disease tolerance requirements set forth in WAC 16-324-420 are not eligible for recertification.(a) The applicant must notify in writing all receivers of any seed lot that failed to comply with post-harvest tolerances set forth in WAC 16-324-420.(b) Acceptance of a seed lot that fails to comply with the tolerances set forth in WAC 16-324-420 must be based on a written buyer/seller agreement. The grower must provide the department with a copy of the written agreement within thirty days of receiving the post-harvest results.Wash. Admin. Code § 16-324-409
Amended by WSR 15-01-042, Filed 12/9/2014, effective 1/9/2015Statutory Authority: RCW 15.14.015 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 13-12-014, § 16-324-409, filed 5/24/13, effective 6/24/13. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.14 and 34.05 RCW. 07-11-010, § 16-324-409, filed 5/3/07, effective 6/3/07. Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 00-20-070, § 16-324-409, filed 10/3/00, effective 11/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.14.030. 97-11-028, § 16-324-409, filed 5/14/97, effective 6/14/97.