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The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995

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Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 3ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCERS

1.  To ensure that the following aspects of the production process are monitored as appropriate—

(a) the quality of plant material used to start the production process;

(b) the sowing, pricking-out, potting-up and planting of plant material;

(c) the cultivation plan and method and general crop care;

(d) the multiplication and harvesting operations; and

(e) hygiene, treatments, packaging, storage, transport and administration.

2.  To keep, and to retain for at least one year, written records, or records registered in an indelible fashion, on plant material purchased for storage or planting on the premises, under production, or dispatched to others, and to keep, and to retain for at least one year, written records, or records registered in an indelible fashion, and related documents on any chemical treatments applied to plants.

3.  To designate a person technically experienced in plant production and related plant health matters to liaise with the responsible official body.

4.  To carry out visual observations as necessary and at appropriate times in a manner acceptable to the responsible official body.

5.  To ensure access to the premises for persons entitled to entry under these Regulations, in particular for inspections and, where appropriate, sampling, and to the records and related documents referred to in item 2 of this Schedule.

6.  To co-operate with the responsible official body.

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