Michigan Laws 286.683 – Distribution of certified seed potatoes; documents
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 286.683
- Certified seed: means a class of seed that meets the requirements of 1959 PA 221, MCL 286. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Certifying authority: means the official seed-certifying agency of this state or the authorized seed potato certifying agency of another state, territory, or country. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, barter, deliver, supply, furnish, or otherwise provide seed potatoes. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Field year: means the number of years a particular seed lot has been grown in the field after greenhouse propagation. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- Seed lot: means all the seed potatoes of the same variety that are of a single class and specific seed source and are harvested from a field or stored together in a specific storage facility. See Michigan Laws 286.682
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, a person who distributes combined seed lots sufficient to plant 1 or more acres in this state as determined by the director by rule must distribute only certified seed potatoes, except that the person may distribute uncertified seed potatoes to a grower that has been granted permission to plant uncertified seed potatoes under section 4(3).
(2) All seed lots of seed potatoes required to be certified seed under subsection (1) must at the time of distribution, be accompanied by all of the following documents:
(a) An official tag or bulk certificate indicating their status as certified seed.
(b) A certificate of shipping point inspection.
(c) A North American plant health certificate issued by the certifying authority for seed potatoes imported from outside of this state.
(d) Any other documentation necessary to provide the information required by subsection (3).
(3) The documents described in subsection (2) must provide the following:
(a) A description of the grade of the seed potatoes.
(b) The findings of field inspections and postharvest inspections conducted on each seed lot of seed potatoes.
(c) The field year of the seed potatoes.
(d) Evidence that the seed potatoes were tagged and, if imported from outside this state, packed and sealed under the certification standards of the state, territory, or country in which they were grown.