WAC 16-302-480   Field standards for rapeseed certification.  Field standards for the production of rapeseed are as follows:

     (1) A portion of a rapeseed field may be certified if the area to be certified is clearly defined.

     (2) A field producing foundation, registered or certified rapeseed, also known as Canola (Brassica napus), must be the minimum specified isolation distance from fields of any other variety of Brassica napus, from fields of the same variety that do not meet the varietal purity requirements for certification, as well as from fields of Brassica rapa, Brassica oleracea, and Brassica juncea as indicated in the following table:

Class	Fields of Cross Pollinated Varieties Including Hybrids	Fields of Self Pollinated Varieties
Foundation	1 mile	660 feet
Registered	1 mile	660 feet
Certified	1 mile	330 feet
Different class of same variety	165 feet	165 feet

     These isolation distances are minimum and must be met in all cases.

     (3) Volunteer plants may be cause for rejection or reclassification of a rapeseed field.

     (4) Specific standards for rapeseed are:

	Maximum permitted in each class
Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Other varieties*	None found1	None found1	1.00%

*	Other varieties are considered to include Brassica rapa, Brassica oleracea, Brassica juncea, off-type plants of Brassica napus and plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected.
1	None found means none found during the normal inspection procedures. None found is not a guarantee to mean the field inspected is free of the factor.

     (5) Inspection will be made by the certifying agency when the crop is in the early flowering stage.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.310 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 06-15-136, § 16-302-480, filed 7/19/06, effective 8/19/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-480, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]