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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 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, 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:
- 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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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. 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 fuana yet does
not promote seed dormancy. If the applicant decides to burn the plant
material, incineration must be complete.
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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.