Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
SubChapter K - Federal Seed Act |
Part 201 - Federal Seed Act Requirements |
Purity Analysis in the Administration of the Act |
§ 201.45 - Obtaining the working sample. |
§ 201.46 - Weight of working sample. |
§ 201.47 - Separation. |
§ 201.48 - Kind or variety considered pure seed. |
§ 201.49 - Other crop seed. |
§ 201.50 - Weed seed. |
§ 201.51 - Inert matter. |
§ 201.52 - Noxious-weed seeds. |
§ 201.51a - Special procedures for purity analysis. |
§ 201.51b - Purity procedures for coated seed. |
§ 201.47a - Seed unit. |
§ 201.47b - Working samples. |
Administration |
§ 201.3 - Administrator. |
Additional Requirements for the Certification of Plant Materials of Certain Crops |
§ 201.77 - Length of stand requirements. |
§ 201.78 - Pollen control for hybrids. |
Labeling Agricultural Seeds |
§ 201.8 - Contents of the label. |
§ 201.9 - Kind. |
§ 201.10 - Variety. |
§ 201.11 - Type. |
§ 201.12 - Name of kind and variety. |
§ 201.13 - Lot number or other identification. |
§ 201.14 - Origin. |
§ 201.15 - Weed seeds. |
§ 201.16 - Noxious-weed seeds. |
§ 201.17 - Noxious-weed seeds in the District of Columbia. |
§ 201.18 - Other agricultural seeds. |
§ 201.19 - Inert matter. |
§ 201.20 - Germination |
§ 201.21 - Hard seed or dormant seed. |
§ 201.22 - Date of test. |
§ 201.23 - Seller and buyer information. |
§ 201.24 - Code designation. |
§ 201.11a - Hybrid. |
§ 201.12a - Seed mixtures. |
§ 201.24a - Inoculated seed. |
Advertising |
§ 201.36b - Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid. |
§ 201.36c - Hermetically-sealed containers. |
Examinations in the Administration of the Act |
§ 201.58a - Indistinguishable seeds. |
§ 201.58b - Origin. |
§ 201.58c - Detection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed. |
§ 201.58d - Fungal endophyte test. |
Tolerances |
Modifying Statements |
§ 201.36a - Disclaimers and nonwarranties. |
Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture |
ermination tests in the administration of the act |
§ 201.53 - Source of seeds for germination. |
§ 201.54 - Number of seeds for germination. |
§ 201.55 - Retests. |
§ 201.56 - Interpretation. |
§ 201.57 - Hard seeds. |
§ 201.58 - Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed. |
§ 201.55a - Moisture and aeration of substratum. |
§ 201.56-1 - Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, and Carpetweed family, Aizoaceae. |
§ 201.56-2 - Sunflower family, Asteraceae (Compositae). |
§ 201.56-3 - Mustard family, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). |
§ 201.56-4 - Cucurbit family, (Cucurbitaceae). |
§ 201.56-5 - Grass family, Poaceae (Gramineae). |
§ 201.56-6 - Legume or pea family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). |
§ 201.56-7 - Lily family, Liliaceae. |
§ 201.56-8 - Flax family, Linaceae. |
§ 201.56-9 - Mallow family, Malvaceae. |
§ 201.56-10 - Spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. |
§ 201.56-11 - Knotweed family, Polygonaceae. |
§ 201.56-12 - Miscellaneous plant families. |
§ 201.57a - Dormant seeds. |
Definitions |
§ 201.1 - Meaning of words. |
§ 201.2 - Terms defined. |
Labeling Vegetable Seeds |
§ 201.25 - Contents of the label. |
§ 201.26 - Kind, variety, and hybrid. |
§ 201.27 - Seller and buyer information. |
§ 201.28 - Code designation. |
§ 201.29 - Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less. |
§ 201.30 - Hard seed. |
§ 201.31 - Minimum germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce. |
§ 201.30a - Date of test. |
§ 201.30b - Lot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound. |
§ 201.30c - xxx |
§ 201.26a - xxx |
§ 201.29a - Germination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound. |
Germination Tests in the Administration of the Act |
olerances |
§ 201.59 - Application. |
§ 201.60 - Purity percentages. |
§ 201.61 - Fluorescence percentages in ryegrasses. |
§ 201.62 - Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype. |
§ 201.63 - Germination. |
§ 201.64 - Pure live seed. |
§ 201.65 - Noxious-weed seeds in interstate commerce. |
§ 201.66 - [Reserved] |
Inspection |
§ 201.37 - Authorization. |
§ 201.38 - [Reserved] |
Certified Seed |
§ 201.67 - Seed certifying agency standards and procedures. |
§ 201.68 - Eligibility requirements for certification of varieties. |
§ 201.69 - Classes of certified seed. |
§ 201.70 - Limitations of generations for certified seed. |
§ 201.71 - Establishing the source of all classes of certified seed. |
§ 201.72 - Production of all classes of certified seed. |
§ 201.73 - Processors and processing of all classes of certified seed. |
§ 201.74 - Labeling of all classes of certified seed. |
§ 201.75 - Interagency certification. |
§ 201.76 - Minimum Land, Isolation, Field, and Seed Standards. |
Labeling in General |
§ 201.32 - Screenings. |
§ 201.33 - Seed in bulk or large quantities; seed for cleaning or processing. |
§ 201.34 - Kind, variety, and type; treatment substances; designation as hybrid. |
§ 201.35 - Blank spaces. |
§ 201.36 - The words “free” and “none.” |
§ 201.31a - Labeling treated seed. |
Sampling in the Administration of the Act |
§ 201.39 - General procedure. |
§ 201.40 - Bulk. |
§ 201.41 - Bags. |
§ 201.42 - Small containers. |
§ 201.43 - Size of sample. |
§ 201.44 - Forwarding samples. |
Records for Agricultural and Vegetable Seeds |
§ 201.4 - Maintenance and accessibility. |
§ 201.5 - Origin. |
§ 201.6 - Germination. |
§ 201.7 - Purity (including variety). |
§ 201.7a - Treated seed. |