Applicant's responsibility.

74-03-01-14.1. Applicant's responsibility. It is the responsibility of the applicant to maintain genetic purity and identity at all stages of certification including seeding, harvesting, and storing. The applicant or grower, approved conditioner, and bulk retailer are responsible for maintaining genetic purity and identity during conditioning and handling. Evidence that any lot of seed has not been protected from contamination that might affect genetic purity or is not properly identified shall be cause for possible rejection of certification. History: Effective May 1, 1986; amended effective January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010. General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10 Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-42