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The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015

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Sealing of packages and containersU.K.

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14.—(1) Subject to regulation 18, no person may market, other than in a properly sealed package or container—

(a)pre-basic seed potatoes;

(b)basic seed potatoes;

(c)certified seed potatoes; or

(d)test and trial seed potatoes.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a properly sealed package or container means—

(a)for seed potatoes produced in England, a closed package or container that has been sealed with an unbroken sealing device by or under the supervision of an authorised officer;

(b)for seed potatoes produced outside England, a closed package or container that has been sealed in [F1accordance with—

(i)in the case of seed potatoes produced in the United Kingdom, the relevant seed potatoes regulations;

(ii)in the case of seed potatoes produced in a Crown Dependency or a country granted equivalence, legislation recognised by the Secretary of State as having equivalent effect to sub-paragraph (a);]

(3) Where a sealing device on a package or container is broken, the package or container must not be re-sealed with a sealing device otherwise than by or under the supervision of an authorised officer.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a “sealing device” means a device applied in such a manner to a package or container that when the package or container is opened the device will be broken.

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