Section 21.63 - Sanitation Requirements(a) All articles, equipment, plant material, supplies and personnel that enter or remain in a propagation facility shall be subject to Department approved sanitation requirements, including but not limited to: (1) Budding knives, clippers and other cutting implements shall be sterilized between different groups of propagations using a commercially available disinfectant or household bleach solution with a final strength of 0.5 percent. Sterilization solution shall be made fresh each day.(2) All equipment should be kept on site.(3) If gloves are worn in a certified citrus nursery, they must be disposable gloves or decontaminated daily and kept on-site.(4) Any person (including, but not limited to, their exposed skin and clothing, headgear, and tops and bottoms of shoes), tools or equipment entering a certified citrus greenhouse must be sanitized immediately prior to or during entry, as provided in § RSA 21.61 of this chapter (relating to Facility Structural Requirements).(5) All growing or potting media or containers must be stored to prevent contamination by soil or water.(6) Non-certified nursery stock shall not be grown in or introduced into the same greenhouse or structure with certified citrus nursery stock.(7) It shall be the responsibility of the nursery to:(A) Prevent encroachment of Rutaceous plants of subfamilies Aurantioideae, Rutoideae and Toddalioideae, and the use of non-certified material, which could endanger the nursery site of becoming infested with injurious pests or diseases of citrus; and(B) Follow established sanitation procedures to prevent pest and disease infestation of the nursery.(8) Nursery areas and perimeters shall be maintained weed-free.(b) Violation(s) of sanitation requirements may result in the issuance of a stop-sale order, suspension or revocation of a certificate of registration, and/or administrative penalties.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 21.63
The provisions of this §21.63 adopted to be effective November 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 8189; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 52, December 25, 2015, TexReg 9629, eff. 12/31/2015; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 11, March 16, 2018, TexReg 1633, eff. 3/22/2018