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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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Surplus transgenic trees from the trial must be clearly
labelled and kept in a secure greenhouse facility or must be destroyed by
mechanical means, autoclaving or burning. Composting of this material is not
an acceptable destruction method.
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The trial term will be limited to five (5) years from the date
of commencement.
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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.
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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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Two guard rows must be composed of non-modified spruce which
is not prone to layering (i.e., neither white or black).
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The trial material (including the guard rows) will be
separated by a distance of at least 10 meters from other trees of the same
related species. The trial site and isolation distance must be monitored, at a
minimum, twice a week during the period of cone formation and, at a minimum,
monthly during the growing season of the trail period to ensure that all
suckers, cones and trees of same or related species that are not part of the
trial are removed and destroyed.
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During the trial period, all seed or pollen cones (if any)
will be removed each year before anthesis to prevent pollen and seed
dissemination. Records will be kept of the date and number of seed and pollen
cones removed for each genetic line.
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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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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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The trees (including guard rows) must be cut down at the end
of the trial period. Plant matter remaining at the end of the trial must be
destroyed. Stumps and root systems must either be mechanically destroyed on
site or removed and destroyed. The trial site must be tilled and any
developing suckers after tillage must be destroyed.
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The trial site must not be used to grow spruce trees from the
date of termination of the trial until no suckers are observed for two (2)
consecutive years. The site must be monitored, at a minimum, monthly during
the post-harvest growing seasons to ensure that all volunteer plants, suckers
and related species are removed and destroyed.
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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.