# The Seed Potatoes (England) Regulations 2015, Regulation 14: Sealing of packages and containers

Extent: E+W

(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 accordance 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1953/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-england-regulations-2015/regulation-14
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