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Seeds Regulations

Version of section 61 from 2006-03-22 to 2025-02-25:

  •  (1) Breeder’s Selection seed potatoes, and seed potatoes of a non-registered variety, for which a crop certificate has been issued may be shipped between farm units within Canada only if a certificate of authorization is issued by the President and a copy of the certificate accompanies the shipment.

  • (2) The President shall issue a certificate referred to in subsection (1) where

    • (a) the lot is to be grown for experimental purposes or for multiplication for the purposes of registration;

    • (b) a sample of the lot or growing crop, except for Pre-Elite, Elite I and Certified classes, has been subjected to laboratory tests and not found positive for the presence of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus;

    • (c) the seed potatoes have been graded in accordance with section 48 and subsections 48.1(2) to (10);

    • (d) if shipped in containers, the seed potatoes meet the requirements of section 54; and

    • (e) if shipped in bulk, the seed potatoes meet the requirements of section 56.

  • SOR/91-526, s. 3
  • SOR/97-118, s. 17
  • SOR/2000-184, s. 90
  • SOR/2002-198, s. 19

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