Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture

7 U.S.C. § 1611: Illegal sales of uncertified seed

Infraction

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to sell or advertise uncertified seed by variety name when federal plant variety protection law requires it to be sold only as certified seed, with limited exceptions for approved mixtures.

Read the full statutory text

It shall be unlawful in the United States or in interstate or foreign commerce to sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety name, seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency, when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act [ 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.] specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: Provided , That seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owners of the variety.

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