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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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B. juncea plants in the trial must be reproductively isolated from
Brassica species by: (a) a minimum 200 metre isolation distance; or
(b) growth in cages or bags. Brassica species include: Brassica
napus (Argentine rape, swede rape), Brassica rapa (oilseed
rape, Polish 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, brussels sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, kale, kohlrabi).
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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), Erucastrum
gallicum (dog mustard) and Sinapis arvensis (wild 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 five
post-trial growing seasons.
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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 crop other then those used for
general agronomic management, 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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During the trial growing season the trial site, including the
surrounding isolation distance if applicable, 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.
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:
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quantity of seed and/or plant material harvested
at the trial sites
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date(s) of harvest
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quantity of seed and/or plant material disposed
of
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location, method and date of disposal
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quantity of seed and/or plant material retained
and stored
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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 and transportation, disposition and storage of all 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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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.
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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 five
years following harvest of the trial. During the five post-trial growing
seasons the trial site, including 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.