PART 4U.K.Additional requirements
Measures to be taken by producersU.K.
16. A producer must—
(a)treat or, where appropriate, remove any plant material that shows visible signs or symptoms of any of the organisms or diseases referred to in regulation 12(a); and
(b)keep plant material in lots of homogeneous composition and origin during growing and lifting or removal from parent material.
Monitoring of production processU.K.
17. A producer must—
(a)identify and monitor critical points in the production process that influence the quality of plant material;
(b)take samples of plant material for analysis in a laboratory, where necessary, to ensure compliance with these Regulations; and
(c)ensure that lots of propagating material remain separately identifiable during production.
Record-keepingU.K.
18.—(1) A supplier must, as soon as reasonably practicable, make a record of —
(a)all sales and purchases of plant material;
(b)all deliveries of plant material to and from the supplier’s premises; and
(c)the composition and origin of any plant material of different origins mixed by the supplier during packaging, storage or transport or at delivery.
(2) A producer must, as soon as reasonably practicable, make a record of—
(a)all plant material under production on the producer’s premises;
(b)all occurrences on the producer’s premises of any organisms or diseases referred to in regulation 12(a) and on any measures taken in relation to such occurrences; and
(c)all monitoring undertaken for the purposes of regulation 17(a).
(3) The records referred to in this regulation must be kept for at least 3 years.
(4) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a supplier marketing only to non-professional final consumers.