Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-228 - General pesticide rules › Section 16-228-1270 - Restrictions on the use of pesticides on seed alfalfa, seed clover, small seeded herb and vegetable seed crops, and seed garlic

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) For purposes of pesticide registration,
				the following crops, when grown to produce seed specifically for crop
				reproduction purposes, are considered nonfood and nonfeed sites of pesticide
				use:
Common Name
Scientific Name
alfalfa
Medicago sativa
arugula
Eruca sativa
beet, garden
Beta vulgaris
beet, sugar
Beta vulgaris
broccoli
Brassica oleracea
var.
botrytis
broccoli, Chinese
Brassica oleracea
var.
alboglabra
broccoli raab
Brassica rapa
var.
ruvo
Brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea
var.
gemmifera
cabbage
Brassica oleracea
var.
capitata
cabbage, Chinese, bok choy
Brassica rapa
var.
chinensis
cabbage, Chinese, napa
Brassica rapa
var.
pekinensis
carrot
Daucus carota
cauliflower
Brassica oleracea
var.
botrytis
clover, berseem
Trifolium alexandrinum
clover, crimson
Trifolium incarnatum
clover, Persian
Trifolium resupinatum
clover, red
Trifolium pratense
clover, strawberry
Trifolium fragiferum
clover, white
Trifolium repens
collards
Brassica oleracea
var.
acephala
coriander
Coriandrum sativum
dill
Anethum graveolens
endive
Cichorium endivia
kale
Brassica oleracea
var.
acephala
kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea
var.
gongylodes
leek
Allium porrum
lettuce, head
Lactuca sativa
lettuce, leaf
Lactuca sativa
mustard greens
Brassica juncea
mustard, seed
Brassica hirta
mustard spinach
Brassica rapa
var.
perviridis
onion, dry bulb
Allium cepa
onion, Welsh
Allium fistulosum
parsley
Petroselinum crispum
parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
radish (other than radish, Oriental)
Raphanus sativus
rape greens
Brassica napus
var.
napus
rutabaga
Brassica napus
var.
napo-brassica
spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Swiss chard
Beta vulgaris
var.
cicla
turnip
Brassica rapa
(2)
				For the seed crops listed in subsection (1) of this section, the following
				conditions shall be met:
(a) All seed
				screenings shall be disposed of in such a way that they cannot be distributed
				or used for human food or animal feed. The seed conditioner shall keep records
				of screening disposal for three years from the date of disposal and shall
				furnish the records to the director immediately upon request. Conditioner
				disposal records shall consist of documentation of on-farm disposal, disposal
				at a controlled dump site, incinerator, composter, or other equivalent disposal
				site and shall include the lot numbers, amount of material disposed of, the
				grower(s), and the date of disposal.
(b) No portion of the seed plant including,
				but not limited to, green chop, hay, pellets, meal, whole seed, cracked seed,
				roots, bulbs, leaves and seed screenings may be used or distributed for food or
				feed purposes.
(c) All seed from
				the crops listed in subsection (1) of this section grown or conditioned in this
				state shall bear a tag or container label which forbids use of the seed for
				human consumption or animal feed.
(d) No seed from the crops listed in
				subsection (1) of this section grown or conditioned in this state may be
				distributed for human consumption or animal feed.