Section 3821 - Cottonseed Arriving from Outside the District(a) All planting cottonseed arriving from outside the District for planting within the district shall: (1) Be free of angular leafspot, Xanthomonas malvacearum;(2) conform to the requirements of the Federal Pink Bollworm Quarantine (7 C.F.R. 301.52);(3) conform to those sections applicable to cotton in Division 4 of this Title 3.(b) All planting cottonseed upon arrival within the District shall be inspected for freedom from angular leafspot by the department or by a department approved laboratory. The applicant shall be liable for all costs involved in such inspection. Sampling to determine freedom from angular leafspot, X. malvacearum, shall be as follows:
(1) A representative sample of twelve hundred (1200) seeds shall be taken by the department from each lot of planting cottonseed originating outside the District and submitted to the Analysis and Identification Unit, Division of Plant Industry, Department of Food and Agriculture for testing for angular leafspot.(2) Seed lots consisting of less than twelve hundred (1200) seeds may be field inspected, after planting, for angular leafspot by the department.(c) All lots of planting cottonseed found to be infected with angular leafspot shall be disposed of by discing of the infected fields, if in the field, and destruction of the infected seed lot, under the supervision of the director.(d) The importation of planting cottonseed from outside the District for planting purposes shall be suspended upon discovery of any new pest suspected or determined by the director to be of serious economic importance to agriculture. Suspension shall continue until adequate precautions, eradication, or intensive control measures have been applied which assure that such nonapproved planting cottonseed is in compliance with all of the department's pest prevention requirements.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 3821
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3821 to section 3822, and renumbering and amendment of former section 3820 to section 3821 filed 1-7-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 2).
2. Amendment of section heading and subsections (a), (b) and (d) filed 3-11-92; operative 4-10-92 (Register 92, No. 12). Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 52901, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 52901, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3821 to section 3822, and renumbering and amendment of former section 3820 to section 3821 filed 1-7-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 2).
2. Amendment of section heading and subsections (a), (b) and (d) filed 3-11-92; operative 4-10-92 (Register 92, No. 12).