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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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Corn plants in the trial must be reproductively isolated from other corn
plants by removal of tassels prior to pollen shed, or by a minimum isolation
distance of 200 metres. In the event that some tassels are allowed to shed
pollen, all corn plants within a 200 metres 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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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 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 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 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 used to grow corn for one year following harvest of the trial. During
the post-trial growing season the trial site, including the 10 metre zone,
must be monitored at least once every two weeks to ensure that all volunteer
plants are removed prior to pollen shed.
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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.