Seeds Regulations

47.2 (1) Pre-Elite seed potatoes shall be

• (a) produced from Nuclear Stock seed potatoes, from cuttings or plants that were produced in a protected environment or from tubers or selected clones, that were determined by laboratory tests to be free from any disease that could affect the quality of the seed;

• (b) produced in a field where potatoes were not planted for the previous two years; and

• (c) inspected by an inspector at least two times during the growing season.

(2) Pre-Elite seed potatoes shall be given the status of field generation 1 if the crop is produced in the field for the first time.

(3) The percentage of plants showing visible varietal mixture or visible symptoms of disease set out in column 1 of an item of the table to this section on the first inspection, any subsequent inspection and the final inspection shall not exceed the applicable percentages set out in columns 2 and 3 of that item.