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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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M.
sativa plants in the trial must be reproductively isolated from
other M. sativa
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 M. sativa 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 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 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 at
least 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.
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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 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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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, 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 planted to M. sativa for a period of three years after the
trial is completed. During the three 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.