Section 6. What
Constitutes Certified Seed
A. To qualify as Montana certified seed potatoes, the seed potatoes must be produced (grown) in accordance with the certification Rules of Montana State University. In addition, the potatoes must pass the final field inspection, Potato Lab disease testing and grade requirements of Montana State University and be accompanied by an official Montana State University certified seed potato tag.
B. Certification means that the seed potatoes
have been subjected to field and bin visual inspections by MSU inspectors
pursuant to these Rules, and at the time of inspection, the individual potatoes
and/or potato fields actually inspected met the requirements for certification
set forth in these Rules.
C. Official tags shall be issued only by the
Director of the Montana Seed Potato Certification Program, and shall have the
words "Montana Certified Seed Potatoes" and the producer's name,
address, variety, seed class or other variations, and crop date for which the
tags were issued printed plainly upon it.
In addition, the tags shall show the address of Montana State
University. The tags shall be of colors
prescribed by the Department of Agriculture.