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County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC) Responsibilities

July 21, 2000

Exhibit B

  1. Origin CAC shall issue compliance certification tags to growers operating under compliance agreements. In addition, origin CAC shall:
    1. Educate growers on proper use of compliance certification tags.
      1. Proper use of Green punched tags
      2. Proper use of Yellow punched tags.
    2. Enforce proper use of compliance certification tags.
    3. Work with destination CAC to jointly determine if shipments may be moved under pest mitigation protocols when other options are not available.
    4. As necessary, notify the destination CAC of bulk grape shipments to facilitate inspections at destination.
  2. Origin CAC shall monitor those vineyards, within an infested area, requesting to ship bulk grapes as "free-from" the GWSS in the following manner:
    1. CAC shall trap and visually survey vineyards for the GWSS prior to and during harvest.
      1. Traps shall be deployed at least two weeks prior to harvest around the perimeter of the vineyard.
      2. The amount of traps per vineyard shall be a minimum of one trap per 40 acres.
      3. Traps shall be inspected within 72 hours of shipping.
      4. Visual survey shall consist of inspecting approximately 10% of the vineyard acreage within 14 days of harvest.
    2. CAC shall keep complete trapping and visual survey records.
  3. During harvest, origin CAC shall monitor those vineyards, within the infested area, requesting to ship bulk grapes that have received a pre-harvest treatment to eliminate the GWSS.
  4. Origin CAC shall monitor cold treatment facilities, within their county, receiving bulk grapes for cold treatment to eliminate the GWSS and certify when treatment has been completed.
  5. Destination CAC shall monitor activities at receiving facilities in the following manner:
    1. Monitor trapping and detection programs at receiving facilities.
      1. Two traps minimum per facility.
    2. Monitor receiving facilities record keeping.
    3. Monitor receiving facilities training program.
    4. Collect compliance certification tags from receiving facilities.
    5. Monitor proper use of compliance certificates.
    6. Monitor cold treatment facilities, within their county, receiving bulk grapes for cold treatment to eliminate the GWSS and certify when treatment has been completed.