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- The CFIA evaluates and licenses seed crop inspectors to conduct field inspections of pedigreed seed crops and issue Reports of Seed Crop Inspection that support the issuance of a crop certificate by the…
Program: Plants
- This document describes the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) oversight of the inspection of pedigreed seed crops by Licensed Seed Crop Inspectors (LSCI) operating under the supervision of…
Program: Plants
- The purpose of pedigreed seed crop inspection is to provide an unbiased inspection and complete a Report of Seed Crop Inspection for the Canadian Seed Growers' Association (CSGA) on the isolation,…
Program: Plants
Specific work instructions (SWI 142.1.2-2): Cereals and small grains seed crop inspection procedures
- This specific work instruction (SWI) outlines the procedures that a seed crop inspector will follow when inspecting pedigreed status seed crops of barley, oats, triticale, wheat, rye, buckwheat, canary seed,…
Program: Plants
- The purpose of pedigreed seed crop inspection is to provide an unbiased inspection and complete a Seed Crop Inspection Report on the isolation, condition, and purity of the seed crop to support a certification…
Program: Plants
- This Seed Program Specific Work Instruction (SWI) outlines the procedures that a crop inspector will follow in inspecting forage crops and related species for pedigreed seed crop status.
Program: Plants
- This Seed Program Specific Work Instruction (SWI) outlines the procedures that an official crop inspector will follow in inspecting soybean seed crops for pedigreed seed status.
Program: Plants
- This Seed Program Quality System Procedure is subject to periodic review. Amendments will be issued to ensure the procedure continues to meet current needs.
Program: Plants
- This QSP outlines the principles for licensing of Authorized Seed Crop Inspection Services (ASCIS) and Licensed Seed Crop Inspectors (LSCI) under subsection 4.2 (1) of the Seeds Act to provide pedigreed seed crop…
Program: Plants
Quality System Procedure (QSP) 152.1: Implementation of the OECD seed schemes and EU seed directives
- This Seed Program Quality System Procedure (QSP) outlines the procedures for the implementation of the OECD Seed Schemes and the EU Seed Directives by the CFIA.
Program: Plants