Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.02.02 - RULES GOVERNING APPLE GRADING AND STORAGE › Subchapter B - CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE › Section 02.02.02.220 - APPLES, CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE REGISTRATION

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Registration
. Any person who owns or operates a controlled
				atmosphere room or storage building for apples in Idaho, and any person who
				engages in this State in the business of packing or repacking apples so treated
				in this State or any other state and who intends to, or does, represent such
				apples as having been exposed to "controlled atmosphere" storage, shall
				register with the Director on a form prescribed by the Director.
				(4-6-23)
02.
Registration
				Period
. The registration period for owners or operators of controlled
				atmosphere rooms or storage buildings in this State commences on September 1
				and end on August 31 of each year, and for packers or repackers of apples that
				have been held in a controlled atmosphere room or storage building in this
				State or in any other state, the registration period extends for a period not
				to exceed one (1) year. Owners or operators of such rooms or storage buildings
				shall register on or before September 1 of each year. (4-6-23)
03.
Interstate Registration
. Any
				person who owns or operates a controlled atmosphere room or storage building
				located outside of Idaho or who engages at a place outside of this State in the
				business of packing or repacking apples that have been held in controlled
				atmosphere storage and who intends to, or does, market in the state of Idaho
				apples so treated and represented as having been exposed to "controlled
				atmosphere" storage, shall register with the Director in the same manner as
				required of any person within the State unless such person has registered with
				the proper authorities in the state of origin and has been assigned a
				comparable registration number or CA identification under authority of laws or
				rules of such state that at least conform to the provisions of these rules.
				(4-6-23)
04.
Written
				Agreement
. The Director will assign each approved registrant a
				registration number preceded by the letters CA. The Director shall require from
				each applicant for registration, an agreement in writing in the form required
				by the Director that the apples so treated or packed or repacked by said
				applicant will be or have been kept in a room or storage building with not more
				than five percent (5%) oxygen for a minimum of not less than forty-five (45)
				days for Gala and Jonagold varieties and not less than sixty (60) days for
				other apples, and that the oxygen level in such room or storage building will
				be or has been reduced to five percent (5%) within twenty (20) days after the
				date of sealing of the storage room, and including any other pertinent facts as
				may be required by the Director to assure that the apples in question have been
				so treated. (4-6-23)
05.
Refusal Upon Violation
. The Director may refuse to approve an
				application for registration and refuse to issue a registration number if the
				applicant previously has violated any of the provisions of these rules, or has
				failed or refused to furnish the information or evidence required by these
				rules. (4-6-23)
06.
Required
				Air Components Determinations
. Each owner or operator of a controlled
				atmosphere room or storage building in this state shall make the required air
				components determinations as to the percentage of carbon dioxide and oxygen and
				temperature at least once each day and maintains a record in the form as
				required by the Director of Agriculture, including the name and address of the
				owner or operator, room number or numbers, room capacity, lot identification,
				quantity in each lot, date of sealing, date of opening; a daily record of date
				and time of test, percentage of carbon dioxide, percentage of oxygen and the
				temperature. (4-6-23)
07.
Written Reports
. Each owner or operator of a controlled atmosphere
				room or storage building in this state will submit to the Idaho Director of
				Agriculture, within ten (10) days after the date of sealing, a written report
				pertaining to each room showing the owner's room number, or numbers, date of
				sealing, and variety and quantity of apples contained therein.
				(4-6-23)
08.
Maintaining
				Identity
. The identity of all apples represented as having been exposed
				to "controlled atmosphere" storage will be maintained from the original room or
				storage building where they were treated through the various channels of trade
				to the retailer. (4-6-23)
09.
Investigations
. Enforcing officers may investigate and examine
				records and invoices relating to any transactions in order to determine the
				identity of apples represented as having been exposed to controlled atmosphere
				storage and in this connection gives consideration to the presence of CA
				storage registration numbers on invoices submitted in transactions by the
				owners or operators and a combination of both the CA storage and packer or
				repacker's CA registration number on invoices submitted in transactions by said
				packer or repacker. (4-6-23)