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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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Sugar beets in the trial must be separated from other beet crops
by a minimum isolation distance of 3 metres, and must not be allowed to flower.
Any plants that bolt and/or develop floral parts must be removed prior to any
pollen shed. In the event that plants are allowed to shed pollen, all Beta species (i.e.
sugar beets, fodder beets, red beets, Swiss Chard) within 900 metres of the
trial 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 the trial growing season the trial site, including the
surrounding isolation distance, must be monitored at least weekly to ensure
that 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.
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Harvesting machinery and equipment will be cleaned of all
residual plant material at the trial site prior to being moved to other
locations. The non-propagable beet material harvested, that is not to be
retained, must be destroyed by burning, autoclaving, or soil incorporation with
the vegetative material remaining on site after harvest. Composting of this
material is not an acceptable destruction method.
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If propagable plant material is produced, harvested seed and/or
propagable plant material from the confined research field trial 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 (if applicable) 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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If propagable plant material is produced, seed or other
propagable plant material from the confined research field trial must be
harvested unless otherwise approved by the PBO. All plant residue remaining on the
trial site must be soil incorporated or destroyed by incineration as soon as
possible after harvest/destruction. Applicants are encouraged to destroy all
non-propagable (residual) plant material in a manner whereby the material is
not easily distributed by wind or local fauna yet does not promote seed
dormancy. If the applicant decides to burn the plant material, incineration
must be complete.
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The trial site, including a minimum 20 metre zone around the
trial site, must not be used to grow beets for two years following harvest of
the trial. During the two post-trial growing seasons the trial site, including
a 20 metre zone around the plots, must be monitored at least once every two
weeks to ensure that all volunteer plants 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.
