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The applicant must ensure that the trial seed and/or plant
material are transported in clearly identified, secure containers and are kept
separate from other seed and/or plant material.
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Seeding, transplanting and site maintenance machinery and
equipment must be cleaned at the trial site to prevent dispersal of plant
material. Surplus seed or seedlings, and any plant material remaining after
transplantation, that is to be destroyed, will be disposed of by autoclaving,
burning, or burial at a depth of one metre. Composting of this material is not
an acceptable destruction method.
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In the case of accidental release, recoverable seeds or
seedlings must be collected and destroyed, the site must be marked and
monitored, and the PBO
notified immediately. Plants from unrecoverable seed or seedlings must be
mechanically or chemically destroyed.
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A.
palustris plants in the trial must be reproductively isolated from
other A.
palustris and all sexually compatible species by cropping trial
plants prior to pollen shed, and by a minimum isolation distance of 20 metres.
If any flowers are allowed to shed pollen, all A. palustris plants and all sexually compatible
species within a 300 metre isolation distance of the confined research field
trial site must be destroyed.
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Measurements from permanent surrounding landmarks must be
provided for precise location of the site. Markers must also be placed at all
corners of the trial site to identify the confined field trial boundaries. The
markers must be obvious, identifiable and in place for the growing seasons of
both the trial and the post-harvest restriction period.
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Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates must be taken
precisely at all corners of each trial site. The GPS coordinates of each confined research
field trial site location must be submitted to the PBO within 7 days after planting.
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If a chemical treatment is used on the trial site location that
requires a time until safe entry a sign should be posted at the access to the
trial indicating the date and time of spraying as well as the time until safe
entry. This condition is intended to protect the health and safety of the
CFIA inspection
staff.
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During each trial growing season, the trial site must initially
be monitored, at a minimum, weekly to ensure all related species are removed.
At the onset of each budding stage, daily monitoring must take place to ensure
that flowering of the trial plants does not occur. After budding, and for the
duration of the remaining growing season, the trial site must be monitored at
least every third day. The surrounding isolation distance must be monitored
weekly during each trial growing season to ensure all related species are
removed.
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No plant material from these trials may enter the human food or
livestock feed chain unless approved by Health Canada or the Feeds Section,
CFIA, respectively.
Harvesting machinery and equipment will be cleaned of all residual plant
material at the trial site prior to being moved to other locations. Plant
material harvested, that is not to be retained, must be destroyed by burning,
autoclaving, or burial to a depth of one metre. Composting of this material is
not an acceptable destruction method.
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If seed set occurs harvested seed and/or propagable plant
material from the confined research field trial must be harvested unless
otherwise approved by the PBO. The harvested seed and/or propagable
plant material may only be retained if requested in writing, and authorized by
the PBO. Any harvested seed
and/or plant material must be clearly labelled, securely transported, and
stored separately from other seed and/or plant material.
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Applicants must provide the PBO in writing within 15 working days after
harvest with information on:
- quantity of seed and/or plant material harvested at the trial sites
- date(s) of harvest
- quantity of seed and/or plant material disposed of
- location, method and date of disposal
- quantity of seed and/or plant material retained and stored
- storage location and method
Disposal of plant material (propagable and/or non-propagable) includes
harvested plant material as well as residual plant material on the trial
site.
If a trial is destroyed prior to harvest applicants must provide the
PBO in writing within 15
working days after destruction with information on the trial’s growth
stage at the time of destruction, as well as the date and method of
destruction.
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A detailed trial log book must be kept. Records of the confined
research field trial, including current season and post-harvest site
monitoring, activities related to the trial site compliance, cleaning of
machinery, transportation, disposition and storage of all surplus seed and
harvested seed and plant material, must be maintained by the applicant and made
available to the CFIA upon request. A report
summarizing the completed trial and experimental data, including any amendments
to the original protocol, must also be made available to the CFIA upon request. Detailed records
requirements can be found in section 3.8 of Regulatory Directive 2000-07.
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At the termination of the trial, the trial site must be sprayed
with a non-selective herbicide to destroy plants remaining in the field.
Residual plant material must then be soil incorporated or destroyed by
incineration.
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The trial site, and a minimum 10 metre zone if seed set occurs
(50 metre if a large combine or combination was used during harvest) around the
trial site, must not be seeded to A. palustris for a period of three years after
the trial is completed. During the three year post-trial growing seasons the
trial site, including the 10 metre zone, if applicable, must be monitored at
least once every two weeks to ensure that all volunteer plants and related
species are removed before flowering.
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Applicants must notify the PBO in writing of crop species planted on
trial sites for each year the sites are subject to post-harvest restriction.
This notification must be received every year by June 15.