ATCP 156.10 NoteNote: The issuance of the seal does not necessarily mean the department actually seals the bag, tote, bin, truck or other container of inspected potatoes. In many cases, the potatoes are handled by other persons after the department inspects the potatoes and before they are delivered to the customer.
ATCP 156.10(3)(3) Grades and grade standards. The following grades of certified seed potatoes shall meet the following grade standards: ATCP 156.10(3)(c)(c) Badger state foundation brand. Badger state foundation brand potatoes shall meet the grade standards in s. ATCP 156.14. ATCP 156.10(4)(4) Request for grading. A seed potato grower shall make a grading request under sub. (1) in writing, on a form provided by the department. The requester shall agree to pay the department’s reasonable grading costs, as determined by the department. A grading request may cover 2 or more lots of seed potatoes. ATCP 156.10 NoteNote: To obtain the form required under sub. (4), a seed potato grower may do any of the following:
• Visit the department’s website at www.datcp.state.wi.us.
• Call the department’s fruit and vegetable inspection office at 715/345-5212.
• Call the department’s Bureau of Business Trade Practices at 608/224-4998. ATCP 156.10(5)(5) Grading inspection. The department shall grade a lot of certified seed potatoes based on visual inspection of one or more samples of potatoes selected from that lot. The department shall select samples that appear to be visually representative of the lot. Each sample shall include at least 20 pounds of potatoes and the number of individual samples from each lot may vary with the size of the lot. Tolerances for size and defects shall be calculated on the basis of weight. The department shall inspect enough samples to obtain a reliable representation of the lot. ATCP 156.10(6)(a)(a) The occurrence rate for a defect or size violation in a graded lot, determined as an average of the occurrence rates for each of the samples selected under sub. (5) from the graded lot, may not exceed the applicable tolerance specified under s. ATCP 156.12 or 156.13. ATCP 156.10(6)(b)(b) Within an individual sample selected under sub. (5) from a graded lot, except as provided in par. (c) or (d): ATCP 156.10(6)(b)1.1. No defect or size violation may occur at a rate that is more than 1.5 times the applicable tolerance specified in s. ATCP 156.12 or 156.13 if that tolerance is more than 10%. ATCP 156.10(6)(b)2.2. No defect or size violation may occur at a rate that is more than twice the applicable tolerance specified in s. ATCP 156.12 or 156.13 if that tolerance is 10% or less. ATCP 156.10(6)(d)(d) Potatoes damaged by freezing, soft rot or wet breakdown may not occur, at more than 3 times the applicable tolerance specified in s. ATCP 156.12 or 156.13, in more than one-tenth of the samples selected under sub. (5) from a graded lot. ATCP 156.10 HistoryHistory: CR 06-085: cr. Register April 2007 No. 616, eff. 5-1-07. ATCP 156.11(1)(1) External defects. External defects in a certified seed potato include the following: ATCP 156.11(1)(b)(b) Shallow air cracks that materially detract from the appearance of the potato. ATCP 156.11(1)(c)(c) Second growth or growth cracks that materially detract from the appearance of the potato. ATCP 156.11(1)(d)(d) Brown or dark skin discoloration that materially detracts from the appearance of the potato. ATCP 156.11(1)(g)(g) One or more scabs that together cover more than 5% of the potato surface. Scabs may include pitted scabs. ATCP 156.11(1)(h)(h) Pitted scab that causes a loss of more than 5% of the weight of the potato.