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TITLE 7—Agriculture
Subtitle B—REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED) CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED) SUBCHAPTER K—FEDERAL SEED ACT PART 201—FEDERAL SEED ACT REGULATIONS
Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture
Definitions
administration
records for agricultural and vegetable seeds
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| Maintenance and accessibility. |
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| Purity (including variety). |
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labeling agricultural seeds
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| Name of kind and variety. |
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| Lawn and turf seed mixtures. |
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| Lot number or other identification. |
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| Noxious-weed seeds in the District of Columbia. |
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| Other agricultural seeds (crop seeds). |
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| Name of shipper or consignee. |
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labeling vegetable seeds
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| Kind, variety, and hybrid. |
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| Name of shipper or consignee. |
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| Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less. |
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| Germination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound. |
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| Lot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound. |
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| Germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce. |
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labeling in general
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| Seed in bulk or large quantities; seed for cleaning or processing. |
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| Kind, variety, and type; treatment substances; designation as hybrid. |
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| The words “free” and “none.” |
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modifying statements
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| Disclaimers and nonwarranties. |
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advertising
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| Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid. |
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| Hermetically-sealed containers. |
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inspection
sampling in the administration of the act
purity analysis in the administration of the act
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| Obtaining the working sample. |
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| Weight of working sample. |
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| Kind or variety considered pure seed. |
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| Special procedures for purity analysis. |
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| Purity procedures for coated seed. |
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germination tests in the administration of the act
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| Source of seeds for germination. |
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| Number of seeds for germination. |
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| Moisture and aeration of substratum. |
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| Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, and Carpetweed family, Aizoaceae. |
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| Sunflower family, Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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| Mustard family, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). |
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| Cucurbit family, (Cucurbitaceae). |
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| Grass family, Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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| Legume or pea family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). |
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| Mallow family, Malvaceae. |
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| Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. |
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| Knotweed family, Polygonaceae. |
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| Miscellaneous plant families. |
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| Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed. |
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examinations in the administration of the act
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| Detection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed. |
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tolerances
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| Fluorescence percentages in ryegrasses. |
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| Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype. |
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| Noxious-weed seeds in interstate commerce. |
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Certified Seed
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| Seed certifying agency standards and procedures. |
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| Eligibility requirements for certification of varieties. |
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| Classes of certified seed. |
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| Limitations of generations for certified seed. |
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| Establishing the source of all classes of certified seed. |
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| Production of all classes of certified seed. |
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| Processors and processing of all classes of certified seed. |
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| Labeling of all classes of certified seed. |
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| Interagency certification. |
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| Minimum Land, Isolation, Field, and Seed Standards. |
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Additional Requirements for the Certification of Plant Materials of Certain Crops
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| Length of stand requirements. |
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| Pollen control for hybrids. |
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