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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 15 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program for Biodiesel Terminal Grants › Rule 21-15.1 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of the renewable fuel infrastructure program for
				biodiesel terminal grants is to provide grants to a terminal facility which
				stores, blends, or distributes biodiesel fuel, including B2 through B98 and
				B99/B100, to dealers and retailers.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 15 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program for Biodiesel Terminal Grants › Rule 21-15.2 - Eligible Applicants

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To be eligible to receive a biodiesel terminal grant, an
				applicant shall:
(1) Be an owner or
			 operator of a biodiesel terminal.
(2) Submit an application to the department
			 in form and content acceptable to the department and the board.
(3) Meet the following eligibility
			 requirements established by the board:
a. The
			 terminal must not be a retail motor fuel site.
b. The terminal must not be a facility at
			 which fuel or blend stocks are used in the manufacture of products other than
			 motor fuel and from which no fuel is removed.
c. The terminal must have at least one
			 storage tank of at least a 10,000-gallon capacity, used exclusively for or
			 dedicated exclusively to the storage of biodiesel fuel. The terminal may also
			 have storage for one or more biodiesel blends. The terminal must have
			 facilities for the dispensing of either biodiesel, biodiesel blends, or
			 both.
d. The dispensing of motor
			 fuel at the terminal must be done at a rack in excess of 100 gpm pumping
			 capacity.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 16 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program Administration › Rule 21-16.1 - Form of Award Available; Award Amount

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(1)
Form of
			 award.
Eligible applicants may apply for financial incentives on a
			 cost-share basis. Funding shall be available in the form of a grant.
(2)
Timing of application.
A
			 grant may be awarded for an eligible project not yet commenced. However, a
			 grant for an initial application may not be submitted more than one year after
			 the project is put in service.
(3)
Amount of award.
a.
Retail award site.
(1)
			 Five-year cost-share agreement for a retail site.
1. For a tier I site, the maximum award
			 amount is 90 percent of the actual cost of making the improvement or $63,900,
			 whichever is less.
2. For a tier II
			 site, the maximum award amount is 75 percent of the actual cost of making the
			 improvement or $53,250, whichever is less.
3. For a tier III site, the maximum award
			 amount is 70 percent of the actual cost of making the improvements or $50,000,
			 whichever is less.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 16 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program Administration › Rule 21-16.2 - Application Process

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(1)
Application procedures.
a.
			 Applications may be submitted at any time, but will be reviewed on a
			 first-come, first-served basis as established by the date stamp on the filed
			 application.
b. Applications shall
			 be submitted to: Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Board, Iowa Department of
			 Agriculture and Land Stewardship, 502 East Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa
			 50309. Application forms and instructions are available at this
			 address.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 16 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program Administration › Rule 21-16.3 - Review Process

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(1) The renewable
			 fuel infrastructure board will review an application for final approval or
			 disapproval. The renewable fuel infrastructure board shall determine the amount
			 of financial incentives to be awarded to an applicant.
(2) Completed applications, including
			 supporting documentation of meeting eligibility requirements, will be reviewed
			 on a first-come, first-served basis. The board shall rank applications with
			 priority given to projects in the following order:
a. A retail motor fuel site that is assigned
			 special status.
b. A retail motor
			 fuel site that is a tier I site.
c.
			 A retail motor fuel site that is a tier II site.
d. A retail motor fuel site that is a tier
			 III site.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 16 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Program Administration › Rule 21-16.4 - Contract Administration

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(1)
Notice
			 of award.
The department shall notify approved applicants in writing
			 of the board's award of grants, including any conditions and terms of the
			 approval.
(2)
Contract
			 required.
The board shall direct the department to prepare a
			 cost-share agreement which shall include terms and conditions of the grant
			 established by the board. The agreement shall:
a. Describe the project in sufficient detail
			 to demonstrate the eligibility of the project.
b. State the total cost of the project
			 expressed in a project budget that contains sufficient detail to meet the
			 requirements of the infrastructure board.
c. State the project completion
			 deadline.
d. State the project
			 completion requirements which are preconditions for payment of the grant by the
			 board.
e. Recite the penalty for
			 the storage or dispensing of motor fuel other than the type of renewable fuel
			 for which the grant was awarded.
(1) Awards
			 for projects under construction or not yet started. The five-year obligation to
			 continue dispensing renewable fuel begins on the date the project is
			 completed.
(2) Awards for projects
			 already completed. The five-year obligation to continue dispensing renewable
			 fuel begins on the date the department issues the first disbursement of grant
			 funds, not on the date of project completion.
f. Be amended to include a supplemental
			 financial incentive, if a supplemental financial incentive is awarded by the
			 board.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 20 - Referendum › Rule 21-20.1 - Purpose

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In order to establish uniform procedures and provide for
				consistent eligibility guidelines in Cornmodity referendums, it is the policy
				of the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship to enumerate the
				following rules:
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 20 - Referendum › Rule 21-20.2 - Definitions

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"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				agriculture and land stewardship.
"Election judge"
means a person or persons
				selected by the secretary to administer referendum procedures at county voting
				places.
"Marketing year"
means the previous 365 days
				from the referendum date unless otherwise established by specific statutory
				authority.
"Producer, "
as prescribed in the specific
				statutory authority for each Cornmodity referendum, means the following:
1.
"Producer,
" in a
			 referendum conducted under Iowa Code chapter 181, means every person who raises
			 cattle or veal calves for slaughter or who feeds cattle or veal calves for
			 slaughter, or both.
2.
"Producer, "
in a referendum conducted under Iowa Code chapter
			 185, means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association
			 engaged in this state in the business of producing and marketing in their name
			 at least 250 bushels of soybeans in the previous marketing year.
3.
"Producer, "
in a
			 referendum conducted under Iowa Code chapter 185 C, means any individual, firm,
			 corporation, partnership or association engaged in this state in the business
			 of producing and marketing in their name at least 250 bushels of corn in the
			 previous marketing year
4.
"Producer, "
in a referendum conducted under Iowa Code chapter
			 196A, means any person who owns, or contracts for the care of, 500 or more
			 layer-type chickens, the eggs of which are sold in this state through
			 Cornmercial channels, including, but not limited to, eggs for hatching, which
			 have been produced by the producer's own flock.
"Secretary "
means the secretary of
				agriculture.
"Statement"
means a statement, certification,
				affidavit or other document furnished by the department which specifies the
				qualifications required for producer eligibility.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 20 - Referendum › Rule 21-20.3 - Voter Eligibility

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(1)
Business organizations.
Only one vote may be cast on behalf of
			 any business organization.
a.
Association, college, cooperative, corporation, foundation,
			 university:
Only an officer may cast one vote for this business
			 organization.
b.
Fiduciary:
Only the court-appointed legal representative of an
			 estate, trust, conservatorship, guardianship or other fiduciary relationship
			 may cast one vote for the business held in trust.
c.
Partnership/joint
			 venture:
If the ownership of the Cornmodity is held in the partnership
			 name or in joint ownership, only one partner/owner may cast one vote. It is the
			 responsibility of the partnership/joint venture to decide who will
			 vote.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 20 - Referendum › Rule 21-20.4 - Referendum Methods and Procedures

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A referendum may be conducted by either of two methods:
(1) Mail ballot or
(2) at county voting places. These two
			 methods of conducting referendums are mutually exclusive. The secretary shall
			 approve that balloting procedure which shall best effectuate the policies and
			 purposes of the referendum to be voted upon.
(1)
Mail ballot procedures.
a. The secretary may designate such person(s)
			 as are necessary to administer the mail ballot procedure.
b. The official referendum date shall be
			 established by the secretary, and shall be the last date on which Cornpleted
			 balloting materials may be postmarked for receipt by the department.
c. The department shall announce referendum
			 procedures and producer qualification information by means of publication of
			 legal notice in at least five Iowa newspapers of general circulation at least
			 30 days prior to the referendum date.
d. At least 15 days prior to the referendum
			 date, the department shall mail balloting materials to producers, using the
			 best list reasonably available to the secretary.
e. All ballots shall be the responsibility of
			 the secretary, who shall establish a time and place for counting of
			 ballots.
f. To maintain vote
			 anonymity, the department shall provide for return of the ballot in a sealed
			 envelope, unless otherwise indicated in the notice. Producer eligibility may be
			 certified prior to the referendum date; however, votes shall not be counted
			 until the referendum date has passed.
g. If the referendum passes, all expenses
			 incurred by the department in conducting the referendum shall be paid from the
			 fund created by passage.
If the referendum fails, the producer association which
				petitions for an initial referendum (or for a subsequent referendum if one
				fails to pass) shall be liable for all costs and expenses incurred by the
				department in conducting the referendum.
h. All ballots, tabulation forms and producer
			 statements shall be retained by the department for a minimum of six months
			 following the referendum date.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 20 - Referendum › Rule 21-20.5 - Contesting Referendum Results

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(1)
In mail ballot referendums.
Written objection to the
			 certification of any producer may be filed with the secretary within 30 days
			 following the date of the counting of the votes. Challenges must include such
			 affidavits or documentation as to substantiate alleged objections.
(2)
In county voting places.
If at the time of voting, procedural or eligibility questions arise, the
			 election judge shall have the producer sign a separate producer statement and
			 Cornplete balloting materials. The ballot shall be marked and placed in a
			 sealed envelope. Both the sealed ballot envelope and producer statement shall
			 be placed in a separate envelope and set aside and not counted. The election
			 judge shall list all facts of the situation or documentation presented by the
			 person making the objection on the envelope or on a separate sheet to be
			 included in the envelope. All materials shall be returned to the secretary who
			 shall determine whether such vote shall be counted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.1 - Diseases

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The diseases which the state apiarist shall inspect for are,
				but shall not be limited to: American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, Nosema and
				Chalk Brood.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.2 - Parasites

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The parasites for which the state apiarist shall inspect
				include, but shall not be limited to: the Varroa mite
(Varroa
				jacobsoni)
, Tropilaelaps mite
(Tropilaelaps
				clareae)
and the honeybee tracheal mite
(Acarapis
				woodi)
.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.3 - Requirement for the Sale of Bees

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All honeybees offered for sale in Iowa must meet one of the
				following two requirements:
1.
			 Colonies are apparently free of Varroa mites according to the detection methods
			 listed below.
2. Colonies are under
			 treatment with a miticide approved by EPA for control of Varroa mites in
			 honeybee colonies and have an average of 10 or fewer Varroa mites per 300 adult
			 bees or 500 or fewer Varroa mites per sticky board.
Detection methods to be used for the Varroa mite are the ether
				roll method with at least 300 adult bees per colony from 20 percent of the
				colonies in the apiary or the sticky board method with an EPA-approved miticide
				in 5 percent of the colonies in the apiary.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.4 - Certificate of Inspection Required

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All honeybees transported into Iowa shall be acCornpanied by an
				approved certificate or permit issued by the state of origin or the state of
				Iowa. The certificate or permit shall indicate that the bees meet one of the
				two following requirements:
1. An
			 average of 10 or fewer Varroa mites per 300 adult bees was detected by the
			 ether roll test.
2. Colonies are
			 under treatment with a miticide approved by EPA for control of Varroa mites in
			 honeybee colonies at the time of shipment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.5 - Certificate of Inspection Expiration

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A certificate of inspection issued by the state of Iowa shall
				be valid for up to nine months from the date of issuance. An Iowa certificate
				may be revoked at any time if there is evidence of a disease or parasite
				infestation or Africanized bees in the certified colonies.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.6 - American Foulbrood Treatment

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If upon inspection American Foulbrood disease is detected in
				colonies, those colonies shall be identified and the disease abated in a timely
				manner that will prevent spread to neighboring colonies or apiaries as
				determined by the state apiarist.
The method of disease cleanup will be specified following
				inspection, depending on the severity of the infection and strength of the bee
				colony. A strong colony with a light infection of American Foulbrood may be
				treated with Terramycin or diseased Cornbs removed or a Cornbination of these
				methods. A severely infected, weak colony must be killed and the diseased
				Cornbs destroyed by burning or melting at a temperature high enough to kill
				disease spores. In any case, all Cornbs containing American Foulbrood scale
				shall be destroyed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.7 - Varroa Mite Treatment

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If upon inspection an average of more than 10 Varroa mites are
				detected in 300 bees by the ether roll method or 500 mites per colony by the
				sticky board method, then the apiary shall be quarantined and the owner of the
				apiary ordered to depopulate or treat all colonies with an EPA-approved
				miticide within ten days from the day the owner is notified.
If an average of 10 or fewer Varroa mites by the ether roll
				method or 500 or fewer mites by the sticky board method are detected, then the
				apiary shall be quarantined and the owner of the apiary shall be notified and
				given instruction on the nature of the mite infestation and the best method of
				treatment. Such treatment of all colonies in the apiary shall be initiated no
				later than October 15 of the same year
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.8 - Undesirable Subspecies of Honeybees

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Each of the following undesirable subspecies of honeybees is
				found to be capable of inflicting damage to man or animals greater than managed
				or feral honeybees Cornmonly utilized in North America and is declared a
				nuisance:
1. African
			 honeybee,
(Apis mellifera scutellata)
,
2. Cape honeybee,
(Apis mellifera
			 capensis)
, and
3. Any
			 other undesirable subspecies of honeybees determined by the state apiarist to
			 be a threat to the state.
Detection of undesirable subspecies of honeybees in the state
				shall initiate the quarantine of all colonies within a distance prescribed by
				the state apiarist of the infested apiary. All colonies within the quarantine
				area shall be inspected. A reCornmended eradication or control method shall be
				determined and prescribed by the state apiarist.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.9 - European Honeybee Certification

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All honeybees transported into Iowa shall be acCornpanied by an
				approved certificate or permit from the state of origin indicating that the
				bees are European honeybees. Honeybees must be certified by one of the
				following methods:
1. Honeybees are
			 located outside counties which have been determined by the state of origin to
			 be infested with Africanized honeybees.
2. Honeybees have been tested according to
			 the 1991 NASDA National Certification Plan and found to be European.
The certificate or permit shall state the method used to
				certify the bees. The certificate or permit shall be dated within 90 days prior
				to entry into Iowa. Africanized honeybees may not be transported into
				Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.10 - Prohibit Movement of Bees From Designated States

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A person shall not directly or indirectly transport or cause to
				be transported into the state of Iowa honeybees originating in the states of
				Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
				Carolina and the counties of Faribault, Freeborn, Mower and Steele in
				Minnesota. As used in this rule, "honeybees" shall include, but not be limited
				to, the following: colonies, nucs, packages, banked queens and queen battery
				boxes. However, the shipping of honeybee queens and attendants in individual
				queen cages will be allowed when acCornpanied by a valid certificate of health
				indicating that the bees are from an apiary free of small hive beetles. This
				rule shall remain effective until February 18, 2001.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 22 - Apiary › Rule 21-22.11 - Inspection Required for the Sale of Bees, Cornb, or Used Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All honeybee colonies, beeswax Cornb and used beekeeping
				equipment offered for sale in Iowa shall meet the following
				requirements:
1. Be inspected for
			 infectious bee diseases and parasites by the Iowa department of agriculture and
			 land stewardship or another state's department of agriculture not more than 60
			 days prior to the sale.
2. Be
			 apparently free of American foulbrood disease.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.1 - Definitions

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"Capable of use as human food"
means any egg
				or egg product, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by
				federal regulation to deter its use as human food.
"Check"
means an egg that has a broken shell
				or crack in the shell but has its membranes intact and contents not
				leaking.
"Department"
means the department of
				agriculture and land stewardship.
"Dirty"
means an egg that has a shell that is
				unbroken and has adhering dirt or foreign material, prominent stains or
				moderate stains covering more than 1/32 of the shell surface if localized or
				1/16 of the shell surface if scattered.
"Egg handler "
or
"handler "
means any person who engages in any business in Cornmerce which involves buying
				or selling any eggs (as a poultry producer or otherwise), or processing any egg
				products, or otherwise using any eggs in the preparation of human food. An egg
				handler does not include a food establishment or home food establishment if
				either establishment obtains eggs from a licensed egg handler or supplier which
				meets standards referred to in rule
				481-31.2
				(137F). Producers who sell eggs produced exclusively from their own flocks
				directly to egg handlers or to consumer customers are exempt from regulation as
				egg handlers.
"Inedible "
means any egg of the following
				description: black rot, yellow rot, white rot, mixed rot (addled egg), sour
				egg, egg with a green white, egg with a stuck yolk, moldy egg, musty egg, egg
				showing a blood ring, and an egg containing any embryo chick (at or beyond the
				blood ring stage), and any egg that is adulterated as such term is defined
				pursuant to the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
"Leaker "
means an egg that has a crack or
				break in the shell and shell membranes to the extent that the egg contents are
				exposed or are exuding or free to exude through the shell.
"License holder "
means an individual,
				corporation, partnership, governmental unit, association or any other entity to
				whom a license was issued pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 196.
"Loss "
means an egg that is unfit for human
				food because the egg is smashed or broken so that its contents are leaking; or
				overheated, frozen, or contaminated; or an incubator reject; or because it
				contains a bloody white, large meat spots, a large quantity of blood, or other
				foreign material.
"Official plant"
means any establishment at
				which inspection of the processing of egg products is maintained by the
				department under the authority of Iowa Code chapter 196 or by the United States
				Department of Agriculture under the authority of the federal Egg Products
				Inspection Act.
"Restricted egg"
means any check, dirty,
				incubator reject, inedible, leaker, or loss.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.2 - Licensing

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An egg handler's license shall be obtained from the department
				for each location at which eggs will be candled and graded. In order to obtain
				an egg handler's license, the applicant shall comply with the standards
				contained in Iowa Code chapter 196 and this chapter.
(1) A license is not transferable. License
			 fees are not refundable unless the license is surrendered to the department
			 prior to the effective date of the license.
(2) A license is valid for two years, is
			 renewable, and expires on October 1.
(3) A valid license and the most recent
			 inspection report, along with any current complaint or reinspection reports,
			 shall be posted no higher than eye level where the public can see them. For the
			 purpose of this subrule, only founded complaint reports shall be considered a
			 complaint. Founded complaints shall be posted until either the mail-in recheck
			 form has been submitted to the regulatory authority or a recheck inspection has
			 been conducted to verify that the violations have been corrected.
(4) Any change in business ownership or
			 business location requires a new license. Multiple locations operated
			 simultaneously each require a separate license.
(5) The regulatory authority may require
			 documentation from a license holder.
(6) A delinquent license shall only be
			 renewed if it is renewed within 60 days of its expiration. If a delinquent
			 license is not renewed within 60 days, an establishment must apply for a new
			 license and meet all the requirements for licensure. Establishments that have
			 not renewed the license within 60 days of the expiration of the license shall
			 be closed by the department or a contractor. The establishment shall not be
			 reopened until a new license application has been submitted and
			 approved.
(7) License fees for egg
			 handlers are based on the total number of cases of eggs purchased or handled
			 during the month of April (Iowa Code section
			 196.3
			) and are charged as follows:
a. For less
			 than 125 cases-$40.40;
b. For 125
			 to 249 cases-$94.50;
c. For 250 to
			 999 cases-$135.00;
d. For 1,000 to
			 4,999 cases-$270.00;
e. For 5,000
			 to 9,999 cases-$472.50;
f. For
			 10,000 or more cases-$675.00.
For the purpose of determining fees, each case shall be 30
				dozen eggs.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.4 - Egg Grading or Candling Area

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(1) The egg grading or candling area shall be
			 adequately darkened to make possible the accurate quality determination of the
			 candled appearance of eggs.
(2)
			 Egg-weighing equipment shall be provided, constructed to permit easy cleaning,
			 and capable of ready adjustment.
(3) A candling device with adequate light and
			 capable of accurate determination of Iowa grade standards in rule 21-36.13
			 (196) shall be maintained in good working order
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.5 - Water Supply

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(1) Adequate
			 potable water shall be provided from a source constructed, maintained, and
			 operated according to Iowa law.
(2)
			 Water from a private water system shall be sampled at least annually for
			 coliform.
(3) Records of water
			 tests must be maintained by license holders not served by a public water
			 system. These records must be available to the department upon
			 request.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.6 - Egg Storage

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(1) From the
			 time of candling and grading until they reach the consumer, all eggs designated
			 for human consumption shall be held at an ambient temperature not to exceed
			 45°F or 7°C. Each refrigerated unit shall be provided with an accurate
			 numerically scaled indicating thermometer which is located at a place that is
			 representative of the air temperature in the unit. This ambient temperature
			 requirement applies to any place or room where eggs are stored, except in a
			 vehicle during transportation.
(2)
			 Eggs in transport vehicles may be stored at an ambient temperature above 45
			 °F or 7°C, provided the vehicle is equipped with refrigeration units
			 capable of delivering air at that temperature and capable of cooling the
			 vehicle to that temperature.
(3)
			 All shell eggs shall be kept from freezing.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.7 - Eggs Used in Food Preparation

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Restaurants, institutional consumers, and food manufacturers
				shall receive and use only clean, sound shell eggs of Grade B quality or better
				Dried, frozen, or liquid eggs may be bought only if such products are prepared
				and pasteurized in a plant under USDA continuous inspection.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.8 - Labeling and Packaging

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(1) All
			 cases of loose-packed eggs sold in this state shall identify:
a. The egg handler's name or license number
			 or USDA plant number; and
b. The
			 grade of eggs contained in the case.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.9 - Restricted Eggs

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(1) No egg handler
			 may possess and handle restricted eggs unless they are capable of use as human
			 food, or destroyed, or identified and labeled for animal food.
(2) Except for the producer exemption as
			 provided in subrule 36.9(3), checks and dirties may be used for human food
			 provided they are processed and pasteurized in an official plant.
(3) Checks and dirties shall be sold directly
			 or indirectly only to an official plant. However, a producer may sell checks
			 and dirties on the producer's own premises where eggs are produced directly to
			 household consumers for the personal use of the consumer and the consumer's
			 nonpaying guests.
(4)
			 Producer-dealers, packers, handlers, distributors, or retailers shall not sell
			 on or off the premises within the state any restricted eggs to any person,
			 including consumers, institutional consumers or employees.
(5) Restricted eggs shall not be given free
			 to any person, including but not limited to institutional consumers, charitable
			 organizations, or any employee whereby the restricted eggs may be used for
			 human food.
(6) Restricted eggs may
			 be designated for animal food only when properly decharacterized or denatured
			 to preclude their use in food for human consumption. Each container or
			 receptacle shall be labeled "Restricted eggs. Not to be used as human food".
			 However, restricted eggs which are not decharacterized or denatured may be
			 moved from one USDA-licensed plant to another USDA-licensed plant.
(7) Inedible and loss eggs must be denatured
			 at the point and time of segregation. If the liquid is removed from the shells,
			 approved denaturant must be placed in the receptacle provided before the liquid
			 is added. If loss eggs are placed on filler-flats or in flats and fillers, or
			 in any other manner, each layer of eggs must be denatured before another layer
			 is started. However, inedible and loss eggs under USDA inspection and control
			 shall be handled in accordance with USDA reCornmendations.
(8) Checks and dirties must be conspicuously
			 labeled at the point and time of segregation with a placard or other device.
			 Full or partial master cases containing checks and dirties must be labeled
			 before transfer to the cooler
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.10 - Inspections and Records

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Egg handlers shall be inspected regularly. Egg handlers shall
				keep a record for each purchase and sale of eggs, including the date of the
				transaction, the names of the parties, the grade or nest run, and the quantity
				of eggs being purchased or sold. Records shall be maintained for three years
				and must be available to the department upon request.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.11 - Enforcement

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Violation of these rules or any provision of Iowa Code chapter
				196 is a simple misdemeanor The department may employ various remedies if
				violations are discovered including, but not limited to, revocation or
				suspension of a license.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 36 - Egg Handlers › Rule 21-36.12 - Health and Bygiene of Personnel

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 No person known to be affected by a Cornmunicable or infectious disease shall
			 be permitted to Corne in contact with the product.
(2) Personnel engaged in egg handling
			 operations shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and shall
			 conform to good bygienic practices during working periods. Personnel engaged in
			 egg handling and warewashing operations shall thoroughly wash their hands and
			 the exposed portion of their arms with soap or detergent and warm water before
			 starting to work; after smoking, eating, or using the toilet; and as often as
			 necessary during work to keep their hands and arms clean. Personnel shall keep
			 their fingernails trimmed and clean.
(3) Personnel shall wear clean outer clothing
			 and effective hair restraints where necessary to prevent the contamination of
			 the product.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.1 - Agricultural Seeds

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The term "agricultural seeds" shall mean, in addition to those
				defined as such in Iowa Code subsection
				199.1(2),
				all such seeds listed in
				7
				C.F.R., Section 201.2(h),
				revised as of January 1, 1982, with the following exceptions:
Alfilaria-Erodium cicutarium (L).
Bluegrass, annual-Poa annua L.
Chess, soft-Bromus mollis L.
Johnson grass-Sorghum halepense (L).
Mustard-Brassica juncea (L).
Mustard-black-Brassica nigra.
Rape, bird-Brassica campestris L.
Rape, tumip-Brassica campestris vars.
Sorghum almum-Sorghum almum.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.2 - Seed Testing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The terms used in seed testing and the methods of sampling,
				inspecting, analyzing, testing and examining agricultural and vegetable seeds
				and the tolerances to be followed in the administration of this Act shall be
				those adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts, RULES FOR TESTING
				SEEDS, Vo1. 6, Number 2 (1981).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.3 - Labeling

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Agricultural and vegetable seeds in package or wrapped form
				shall be labeled in accordance with Iowa Code section
				189.9(1).
				In addition, labeling requirements appearing in Title 7, C.F.R., Subchapter K,
				Part 201, Sections 201.8 through and including 201.36(c), revised as of January
				1, 1982, are hereby adopted by this reference and shall be the labeling
				requirements for agricultural and vegetable seeds in Iowa. However, the
				germination rate is not required for small packages of vegetable seed in
				packets of one pound or less which are prepared for use in home gardens or
				household plantings or for vegetable seeds in preplanted containers, mats,
				tapes or other planting devices in containers.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.6 - Classes and Sources of Certified Seed

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(1)
Terms defined.
a. Foundation seed is a class of certified
			 seed which is the progeny of breeder or foundation seed handled to maintain
			 specific genetic purity and identity. Production must be acceptable to the
			 certifying agency.
b. Registered
			 seed is a class of certified seed which is the progeny of breeder or foundation
			 seed handled under procedures acceptable to the certifying agency to maintain
			 satisfactory genetic purity and identity.
c. Certified seed is a class of certified
			 seed which is the progeny of breeder, foundation registered seed so handled as
			 to maintain satisfactory genetic purity and identity and which has been
			 acceptable to the certifying agency.
d. "Inbred line" means a relatively
			 true-breeding strain resulting from at least five successive generations of
			 controlled self-fertilization or of backcrossing to a recurrent parent with
			 selection, or its equivalent, for specific characteristics.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.7 - Labeling of Seeds With Secondary Noxious Weeds

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In addition to the labeling requirements for all agricultural
				seeds, such seeds containing secondary noxious weeds shall contain on their
				labels, the following information:
The name and approximate number of each kind of secondary
				noxious weed seed per pound in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 below, when present singly
				or collectively in excess of:
1.
			 Eighty seeds or bulblets per pound of Agrostis species, Poa species, Bermuda
			 grass, timotby, orchard grass, fescues (except meadow fescue), alsike and white
			 clover, reed canary grass and other agricultural seeds of similar size and
			 weight or mixtures with this group.
2. Forty-eight seeds or bulblets per pound of
			 rye grass, meadow fescue, foxtail millet, alfalfa, red clover, sweet clover,
			 lespedeza, smooth brome, crimson clover, Brassica species, flax, Agropyron
			 species and other agricultural seeds of similar size and weight or mixtures
			 within this group or of this group with 1.
3. Sixteen seeds or bulblets per pound of
			 proso, Sudan grass and other agricultural seeds of similar size and weight or
			 mixtures not specified in 1, 2 or 4.
4. Five seeds or bulblets per pound of wheat,
			 oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, sorghum (except Sudan grass), vetches, soybeans
			 and other agricultural seeds of a size and weight similar to or greater than
			 those within this group.
All determinations of noxious weed seeds are subject to
				tolerances and methods of determination prescribed in the rules and regulations
				under this chapter
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.8 - Germination Standards for Vegetable Seeds

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following standards for the germination of vegetable seeds
				are hereby adopted:
Percent
Percent
Artichoke..................
......60
Beet...................
.........65
Asparagus.................
......70
Broadbean..............
.........75
Asparagus bean..............
......75
Broccoli................
.........75
Bean, garden................
......70
Brussels sprouts..........
.........70
Bean, lima.................
......70
Cabbage................
.........75
Bean, runner................
......75
Leek..................
.........60
Cantaloupe (See Muskmelon)
Lettuce................
.........80
Cardoon...................
......60
Muskmelon.............
.........75
Carrot....................
......55
Mustard, India...........
.........75
Cauliflower.................
......75
Mustard, spinach.........
.........75
Celeriac...................
......55
Okra..................
.........50
Celery....................
......55
Onion.................
.........70
Chard, Swiss................
......65
Onion, Welsh............
.........70
Chicory...................
......65
Pak-choi...............
.........75
Chinese cabbage.............
......75
Parsley.................
.........60
Chives....................
......50
Parsnip................
.........60
Collards...................
......80
Pea...................
.........80
Corn, sweet................
......75
Pepper.................
.........55
Corn salad.................
......70
Pumpkin...............
.........75
Cowpea...................
......75
Radish.................
.........75
Cress, garden...............
......75
Rhubarb................
.........60
Cress, upland...............
......60
Rutabaga...............
.........75
Cress, water................
......40
Salsify.................
.........75
Cucumber..................
......80
Soybean................
.........75
Eggplant...................
......60
Spinach, New Zealand......
.........40
Endive....................
......70
Spinach................
.........60
Kale......................
......75
Squash.................
.........75
Kohlrabi...................
......75
Tomato................
.........50
Tomato, husk...............
......50
Turnip.................
.........80
Watermelon................
......70
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.9 - White Sweet Clover

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Sweet clover seed containing more than 5 percent of yellow
				sweet clover seed (more than 1.25 percent mottled seeds) must not be labeled
				white sweet clover Such seed must be labeled sweet clover or as a
				mixture.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.10 - Labeling of Conditioned Seed Distributed to Wholesalers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Labeling of seed supplied to a wholesaler whose predominate
				business is to supply seed to other distributors rather than to consumers of
				seed, may be by invoice if each bag or other container is clearly identified by
				a lot number stenciled on the container or if the seed is in bulk. Each bag or
				container that does not carry a stenciled lot number must carry Cornplete
				labeling.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.11 - Seeds for Sprouting

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following information shall be indicated on all labels of
				seeds sold for sprouting in health food stores or other outlets:
1. Cornmonly accepted name of kind,
2. Lot number,
3. Percentage by weight of the pure seed,
			 crop seeds, inert matter and weed seeds if required,
4. Percentage of germination, and
5. The calendar month and year the test was
			 Cornpleted to determine such percentage.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.12 - Relabeling

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following information shall appear on a label for seeds
				relabeled in their original containers:
(1) The calendar month and year the test was
			 Cornpleted to determine such percentage of germination, and
(2) The identity of the labeling person, if
			 different from original labeler
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.13 - Hermetically Sealed Seed

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following standards, requirements and conditions must be
				met before seed is considered to be hermetically sealed:
(1) The seed was packaged within nine months
			 after harvest.
(2) The container
			 used does not allow water vapor penetration through any wall, including the
			 seals, greater than 0.05 grams of water per 24 hours per 100 square inches of
			 surface at 100°F., with a relative humidity on one side of 90 percent and
			 on the other side 0 percent. Water vapor penetration or WVP is measured by the
			 standards of the U. S. Bureau of Standards as:
gm. H2O/24 hr./1OOsw. in./100°F./90%
				RH V..0%RH.
(3) The seed in
			 the container does not exceed the percentage of moisture, on a wet weight
			 basis, as listed below:
Agricultural seeds
Percent
Vegetable seeds
Percent
Beet, field..............
......... 7.5
Corn, sweet...........
...........8.0
Beet, sugar.............
......... 7.5
Cucumber............
...........6.0
Bluegrass, Kentucky......
......... 6.0
Eggplant.............
...........6.0
Clover, crimson..........
......... 8.0 ......... 8.0
Kale................
...........5.0
Fescue, red.............
Kohlrabi.............
...........5.0
Ryegrass, annual.........
......... 8.0
Leek................
...........6.5
Ryegrass, perennial.......
......... 8.0
Lettuce..............
...........5.5
All others..............
......... 6.0
Muskmelon........... Mustard, India.........
...........6.0
...........5.0
Vegetable seeds
Percent
Onion...............
...........6.5
Bean, garden............
......... 7.0
Onion, Welsh..........
...........6.5
Bean, lima.............
......... 7.0
Parsley...............
...........6.5
Beet..................
......... 7.5
Parsnip..............
...........6.0
Broccoli...............
......... 5.0
Pea.................
...........7.0
Brussel sprouts..........
......... 5.0
Pepper...............
...........4.5
Cabbage...............
......... 5.0
Pumpkin.............
...........6.0
Carrot................
......... 7.0
Radish...............
...........5.0
Cauliflower.............
......... 5.0
Rutabaga.............
...........5.0
Celeriac...............
......... 7.0
Spinach..............
...........8.0
Celery................
......... 7.0
Squash...............
...........6.0
Chard, Swiss............
......... 7.5
Tomato..............
...........5.0
Chinese cabbage.........
......... 5.0
Turnip...............
...........5.0
Chives................
......... 6.5
Watermelon...........
...........6.5
Collards...............
......... 5.0
All others.............
...........6.0
(4)
			 The container is conspicuously labeled in not less than 8-point type to
			 indicate:
a. That the container is
			 hermetically sealed,
b. That the
			 seed has been preconditioned as to moisture content, and
c. The calendar month and year in which the
			 germination test was Cornpleted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 40 - Agricultural Seeds › Rule 21-40.14 - Certification of Seed and Potatoes

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The Iowa Crop Improvement Association is the duly constituted
				state authority and state association recognized by the secretary to certify
				agricultural seed, including seed potatoes, in Iowa.