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SPCS register of growers

Register of stocks produced in England and Wales 2012

Register of stocks produced in England and Wales 2011

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Introduction

1. This register contains details of seed potato crops for which growing crop certificates have been issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Assembly Government after official inspections during the 2010 growing season.

2. Certificates have been issued only in respect of crops which were found or believed at the time of inspection to have attained the required standards of purity and health. The main standards for each class include the following:

Pre-basic (PB) at growing season inspections, crops must have been free from potato viruses A, M, S, V, X, Y, leaf roll, tobacco veinal necrosis virus, blackleg, mild and severe mosaic virus and from deviations of variety and type.

Super Elite (SE) at second growing season inspection crops must have shown not more than:

  • 0.05% deviations from variety and type and ground keepers
  • 0.00% severe mosaic
  • 0.01% leaf roll
  • 0.05% mild mosaic
  • 0.25% blackleg

Elite (E) at second growing season inspection crops must have shown not more than:

  • 0.05% deviations from variety and type and ground keepers
  • 0.05% total virus disease (leaf roll, severe mosaic and mild mosaic), of which not more than 0.1% (in total) leaf roll and severe mosaic
  • 0.5% blackleg

A at second growing season inspection crops must have shown not more than:

  • 0.1% deviations from variety and type and ground keepers
  • 0.8% total virus disease of which no more than 0.4% is leaf roll and severe mosaic virus
  • 1.0% blackleg

CC at growing season inspection crops must have shown not more than:

  • 0.5% deviations from variety and type and ground keepers, of which not more than 0.2% deviations from variety
  • 5.0% total virus disease, of which not more than 2.0% leaf roll and severe mosaic
  • 2.0% blackleg

3. Organic crops have been identified separately on the basis of information supplied by the applicants and growers when the crop was entered for certification.

4. The Potato Council operates a Safe Havens Scheme and details of applicants and growers participating in the scheme are available at http://www.assuredproduce.co.uk/ap/asp/safehaven.asp?ppg=1.

The Department cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy of this information.

5. Buyers and sellers of seed potatoes are reminded that the classification, labelling and marketing of seed potatoes in England is controlled by The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2006 and The Seed Potatoes (Wales) Regulations 2006. Inclusion in the Register reflects the classification obtained as a result of official inspections during the growing season. It does not guarantee that the crops described will be marketed at the classes indicated.

Potential purchasers of seed potatoes for further multiplication within the Seed Potato Classification Scheme are advised that purchased stocks will be accepted onto the Scheme based on the grade indicated on the classification label only. You should check with your supplier that the seed you intend purchasing will be labelled at the grade you require. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Assembly Government will accept no liability for any losses incurred as a result of reliance on information contained in the Register.

6. Section I is a summary of all the stocks of each variety, at the various grades of certification. Sections II and III are detailed lists of all stocks certified (including organic production). Applicants who are 'sole traders' and who have asked for their personal details to be excluded from the Register will not be identified although the stocks they had certified will appear in Sections I, II and III.

Enquiries

Further information may be obtained from your local Senior Plant Health and Seeds Inspector or from the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate at the address below:

Mr Steve Martindale
Principal Plant Health & Seeds Inspector
The Food and Environment Research Agency
Email:

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