# Commission Directive 2006/56/EC of 12 June 2006 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot, Division 3.1.1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Remove with a clean and disinfected scalpel or vegetable knife the skin at the heel end of each tuber so that the vascular tissue becomes visible. Carefully cut out a small core of vascular tissue at the heel end and keep the amount of non-vascular tissue to a minimum (see web site: http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/sanco/Home/main)
If during removal of the heel end core suspect symptoms of ring rot are observed, the tuber should be visually inspected after cutting near the heel end. Any cut tuber with suspected symptoms should be suberised at room temperature for two days and stored under quarantine (at 4 to 10 °C) until all tests have been completed. All tubers in the sample (including those with suspicious symptoms) should be kept according to Annex II.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/56/annex/I/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-56/annex-I/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.1
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