WAC 16-328-060   Standards and tolerances for inspection of growing foundation, registered, and certified strawberry planting stock.  (1) The unit of certification is the lot.

     (2) Any portion of a field not meeting the standards, tolerances and criteria established in this chapter may be marked and removed from consideration for certification if, in the judgment of the department, it does not jeopardize the certification eligibility of the remaining portion of the field.

     (3) The department will perform at least two visual inspections of each planting prior to harvest and one inspection during or after harvest.

     (4) Each lot of foundation, registered or certified planting stock may have no more than the percentage of affected plants listed in the table below.

TOLERANCES (%)
Foundation
Registered
Certified


Factors

(all inspections)		 1st & 2nd

inspections		 3rd

inspection

Visible Symptoms of

Virus Diseases		  


0		  


0		  


1		  


0.5
Visible Symptoms of

Red Stele		  

0		  

0		  

0		  

0
Nematode   0   0   0   0
Variety Mixture   0   0   0.1   0
All other Diseases

(including

lethal decline)		  



0		  



0.5		  



2		  



1




[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.14 RCW. 00-19-034, § 16-328-060, filed 9/12/00, effective 10/13/00; 87-13-016 (Order 1932), § 16-328-060, filed 6/9/87; Order 1216, § 16-328-060, filed 10/18/71, effective 11/18/71; Order 925, Regulation 5, filed 6/25/63; Order 625, Regulation 6, effective 4/29/52.]