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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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B.
napus plants in the trial must be reproductively isolated from
Brassica species by: (a) a minimum 200 metre isolation distance; or
(b) a 10 metre guard row of non-modified Brassica
napus; (c) growth in cages or bags; or (d) harvest before
flowering. Brassica species include: Brassica napus (Argentine rape, swede rape), Brassica rapa (oilseed rape, Polish rape canola, turnip,
bird rape), Brassica juncea (brown mustard,
Indian mustard), Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard), Brassica
nigra (black mustard), Brassica hirta
[also known as Sinapis alba (white mustard)],
Brassica oleracea (cabbage, cauliflower,
brussel sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, kale, kohlrabi). A 200 metre
isolation distance from Brassica species will
also be required if: (a) guard rows fail to flower concurrently with the
modified plants or are interrupted by gaps; (b) the cages or bags fail to
prevent potential pollination/hybridization and seed set in plants outside the
trial; or (c) trial is not harvested before flowering.
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Trial plants must also be reproductively isolated from weedy
relatives by a minimum of 50 metres, unless other methods of reproductive
isolation has been successfully used. The following species within a 50 metre
radius of the trial site (including ditches, shelterbelts and neighbouring
land) must be removed: Diplotaxis muralis (sand
rocket, stinking wall rocket), Raphanus
raphanistrum (wild radish), and Erucastrum
gallicum (dog mustard). All listed related weed species must be
removed before seed set when found on the trial site during the year of the
trial. These related weeds must also be removed from the trial site before
flowering when found during the three post-trial growing seasons.
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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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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 that requires
a time until safe entry, a sign must 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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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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During the trial growing season the trial site, including the
surrounding isolation distance or the guard rows if applicable, must be
monitored at least weekly to ensure that all related species are removed.
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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. 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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Harvested seed and/or propagable plant material from the
confined research field trial may only be retained if requested in the
application 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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Seed or other propagable plant material from the confined
research field trial must be harvested unless otherwise approved by the
PBO. Plants must be harvested
before full maturity to minimize silique shattering and seed dispersal. All
plant residue remaining on the trial site must be soil incorporated or
destroyed by incineration as soon as possible after harvest. 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 10 metre zone (50 metre if a
large combine or combination was used during harvest) around the trial site,
must not be seeded to Brassica species for
three years following harvest of the trial. During the three post-trial growing
seasons the trial site, including the guard rows if applicable, and the 10
metre zone, 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.