(a) The commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only when seed potatoes have been inspected while growing in the field and again after being harvested.
(b) For seed potatoes produced in a lab, the commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only after:
(1) the seed potato lab facility and the lab's records have been inspected; and
(2) the seed potatoes have been inspected after they have been harvested, removed, or released from the lab.
(c) Certificates of inspection under this section shall show the varietal purity and the freedom from disease and physical injury of such potatoes and any other information as may be prescribed by rules adopted and published under sections 21.111 to 21.122.
History:1951 c 465 s 4; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 28