Seeds Regulations

93 (1) Every registered establishment shall have an individual identified as the operator of the establishment who

• (a) is licensed as an operator pursuant to these Regulations;

• (b) supervises all operations in the establishment; and

• (c) is ultimately responsible, where applicable, for the proper handling, storage, sampling, testing, processing, grading, labelling and documentation of all seed in the establishment.

(2) Every operator shall inform the Agency, not less than 48 hours before shipment, of the first 10 seed lots that are handled by the establishment under the supervision of that operator.

(3) Every operator shall maintain records and samples, including certificates of analysis, crop certificates where applicable and representative samples, to ascertain the status and grade of every seed lot that has been handled by the establishment for a period of one year after the final disposition of the seed lot, and, in the case of Foundation and Registered status seed, for a period of two years after the disposition of the seed lot.

(4) When seed of pedigreed status is conditioned or graded, the operator shall

• (a) complete, within 30 days after the conditioning or grading, a pedigreed seed declaration that contains sufficient information to permit the tracing of all claims made with respect to the seed, including the name of the grower, crop certificate number, quantity of seed and official tag use; and

• (b) keep the declaration for a period of one year after the final disposition of the seed and, in the case of foundation status and registered status seed, for a period of two years after the final disposition of the seed.