# The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 12: Pests in the seed

Extent: S

(1) The seed must be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
(2) The seed must also comply with the requirements concerning GB quarantine pests, PFA quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to the EU Plant Health Regulation, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.
(3) The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories must comply with the requirements set out in the following table—
RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs
Plants for planting (genus or species)
Thresholds for pre-basic seed
Thresholds for basic seed
Thresholds for certified seed
Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus (McCulloch 1925) Davis et al. [CORBIN]
Lucerne
0%
0%
0%
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]
Lucerne
0%
0%
0%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/329/schedule/4/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fodder-plant-seed-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-12
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