WAC 16-228-1270   What are the restrictions on the use of pesticides on small seeded vegetable seed crops, seed alfalfa and seed clover?  (1) For purposes of pesticide registration, the following crops, when grown to produce seed specifically for crop reproduction purposes, are considered nonfood and nonfeed sites of pesticide use:

Common Name	Synonyms
alfalfa
arugula	Mediterranean salad, rucola, roquette, Ghargir
beet	garden and sugar
broccoli
broccoli raab	Rapani, Choy Sum, Chinese flowering cabbage
Brussels sprouts
cabbage
carrot
cauliflower
Chinese cabbage (Bok Choy)	Pak Choi (Choy), Bok Choi (Choy), Taisai, celery mustard, spoon cabbage
Chinese cabbage (napa)	Pe-tsai
Chinese broccoli	Chinese kale, Gailon
clover
collard
coriander	cilantro
dill
endive	escarole
kale	bore kale
kohlrabi
leek
lettuce
mizuna
mustard (including Chinese and Indian)
onion (bulb)
onion (bunching)
parsley
parsnip
radish (other than daikon)
rape
rutabaga
spinach
spinach mustard
swiss chard	spinach beet
turnip

     (2) For the seed crops listed in subsection (1) of this section, the following conditions shall be met:

     (a) All seed screenings shall be disposed of in such a way that they cannot be distributed or used for human food or animal feed. The seed conditioner shall keep records of screening disposal for three years from the date of disposal and shall furnish the records to the director immediately upon request. Conditioner disposal records shall consist of documentation of on-farm disposal, disposal at a controlled dump site, incinerator, composter, or other equivalent disposal site and shall include the lot numbers, amount of material disposed of, the grower(s), and the date of disposal.

     (b) No portion of the seed plant, including but not limited to green chop, hay, pellets, meal, whole seed, cracked seed, roots, bulbs, leaves and seed screenings may be used or distributed for food or feed purposes.

     (c) All seed from the crops listed in subsection (1) of this section grown or conditioned in this state shall bear a tag or container label which forbids use of the seed for human consumption or animal feed.

     (d) No seed from the crops listed in subsection (1) of this section grown or conditioned in this state may be distributed for human consumption or animal feed.

     (3) Violation of any condition listed in subsection (2) of this section is declared to be a violation of chapters 17.21 and 15.58 RCW.

     (4) Any seed crop certified under provisions of RCW 15.86.070, the Organic Food Products Act, shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21, 15.58, 34.05 RCW. 03-22-029, § 16-228-1270, filed 10/28/03, effective 11/28/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.58, 17.21 RCW. 00-22-073, § 16-228-1270, filed 10/30/00, effective 11/30/00. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.54, 15.58 and 17.21 RCW. 99-22-002, § 16-228-1270, filed 10/20/99, effective 11/20/99.]