Section 001-252-7 - REJECTION FROM MAINE SEED POTATO CERTIFICATION PROGRAMA.Reasons and Effects(1)Reasons Except as otherwise provided herein, potatoes that do not meet all of the requirements of this Chapter shall fail certification and be rejected from the Maine Seed Potato Certification Program.
(2)Effects(a) Potatoes failing certification and therefore rejected from the Maine Seed Potato Certification Program cannot be sold as seed. Further, seed potatoes, except as otherwise specifically authorized by this Chapter, cannot be used as seed.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, future field years of any seed potatoes which fail certification requirements, or are not properly certified or certifiable, are ineligible for certification.01-001 C.M.R. ch. 252, § 7