16. Where the presence of bacterial ring rot pathogens is confirmed or an indication of that presence is observed, the owner or custodian must comply with section 7 and notify an inspector before infected potatoes may be transported to a packaging or processing operation.
In addition, in the case where a laboratory diagnosis confirms the presence of the bacterial ring rot pathogen in an operation, no potato produced in that operation during the following 2 years may be transferred to be planted in a protected crop zone.