PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: October 8, 1999.
Purpose: Reduce the amount of days from ninety to sixty days for qualifying winter pears as meeting controlled atmosphere storage requirements.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 16-449 WAC.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 15.17 RCW, Standards of grades and packs.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-17-078 on August 16, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
October 8, 1999
Jim Jesernig
Director
OTS-3349.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 1543, filed 11/8/77)
WAC 16-449-010
Requirements.
Winter pears to be classified as controlled atmosphere storage pears, which meet the following requirements, other than those specifically set forth in chapter 15.30 RCW.
(1) Oxygen content of each room shall not exceed 5 percent oxygen within 20 days after sealing of room.
(2) Winter pears shall be retained in a controlled
atmosphere storage, under required degrees of temperature and
percentage of air components, for a period of not less than 45
days for the Bosc variety, and not less than ((90)) 60 days for
all other varieties of winter pears, to qualify as having been
stored in controlled atmosphere storage.
(3) No person in this state shall place or stamp the letters "CA" or a similar designation in conjunction with a number or numbers upon any container or sub-container of any fruits or vegetables, unless the director has inspected such fruits or vegetables and issued a state lot number for such fruits or vegetables in conjunction with a certificate stating their quality and condition, that they were stored in a warehouse licensed under the provisions of this chapter and that they meet all other requirements of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder: Provided, That if such fruits or vegetables are not allowed to enter the channels of commerce within two weeks of such inspection or a subsequent similar inspection by the director the letters "CA" and the state lot number shall be eradicated by the licensee.
(4) Preconditioned winter pears: In order to bear the "CA" stamp, all winter pears must be certified as meeting controlled atmosphere storage requirements prior to the preconditioning.
[Order 1543, § 16-449-010, filed 11/8/77; Order 1326, § 16-449-010, filed 9/27/73.]