WAC 16-324-409   Post-harvest test requirements.  (1) Post-harvest testing of all seed classes is optional, except as required in WAC 16-324-391 and 16-324-399. Seed lots which fail the minimum requirements of the field inspection standards are not eligible for post-harvest testing.

     (2) A minimum of four hundred tubers must be submitted for each seed lot entered for post-harvest testing. Seed lots less than one acre in size must submit a minimum of four tubers per total hundred weight with a minimum of fifty tubers.

     (3) The applicant is responsible for the cost of post-harvest testing.

     (4) 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.



[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.]