2.The area shall have been officially declared by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, to be free from potato spindle tuber viroid and from Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann et Kotthoff) Davis et al. (‘Clavibacter michiganensis’).As regards Epitrix cucumeris, Epitrix similaris, Epitrix subcrinita and Epitrix tuberis, seed potatoes shall have been brushed to physically remove any of those harmful organisms, if present, and render the tubers free of soil.