California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 2 - Nursery Stock › Article 8 - California Certified Seed Garlic › Section 3044.3 - Participant Responsibilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All participant responsibilities specified in this
						article shall be performed at the expense of the participant. Notifications as
						specified are required in order to assure that approval(s) may be granted
						before work is performed, to ensure that inspections may be made properly and
						in accordance with state laws governing worker health and safety for pesticide
						exposure, and to provide close working knowledge of filed operations. The
						participant shall be responsible for:
(a) Application for registration or
					 certification of a planting.
(b)
					 Selection of the planting location.
(c) Selection and trueness to variety of
					 garlic in a planting.
(d)
					 Propagation, record keeping, and pest freedom of all garlic subjected to
					 laboratory disease elimination to be planted in a foundation block.
(e) Culture, maintenance, farming and
					 sanitation practices of a planting.
(f) Maintaining the identity of all garlic
					 entered in the program.
(g)
					 Protecting garlic in possession from exposure to or damage from conditions and
					 pests, including diseases, which could materially reduce the viability or
					 productivity of the stock.
(h)
					 Notifying the Department at least one week in advance of planting and
					 replanting, propagation operations, harvest and storage location, and movement
					 of stock during storage.
(i)
					 Notifying the Department of the date of all pest control treatments in
					 plantings for which inspections or other departmental activities are scheduled,
					 the product(s) used, dosage(s) and any re-entry or worker safety requirements
					 which apply. Such notification need not be made at times when inspections or
					 other departmental activities are not scheduled to be performed.
(j) The proper use of certification seals and
					 tags provided by the Department and for marking on each tag the participant's
					 name, harvest date (month, year), variety and the assigned block number and
					 other information for identification purposes specified by the
					 Department.
(k) Maintaining
					 production, tag use and sales records of the stock produced and/or sold. The
					 tag use records shall be kept on an inventory sheet(s) supplied by the
					 Department, unless otherwise specified by the Department in writing, and shall
					 be submitted annually after the close of the season for sale or distribution of
					 certified stocks.
(l) Compliance
					 with the requirements of this article and with other lawful orders specified by
					 the Department.
1.
						Renumbering and amendment of former Section
						3046 to Section
						3044.3 filed 12-30-83; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 1).
2. Amendment of
						section heading and repealer and new section filed 4-24-97; operative 5-24-97
						(Register 97, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407
						  and
						  5823,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  5821
						  and
						  5822,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.