[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR201.1]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 

       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)

 

PART 201_FEDERAL SEED ACT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 201.1  Meaning of words.









          Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture



                               definitions



Sec.

201.1 Meaning of words.

201.2 Terms defined.



                             administration



201.3 Administrator.



              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.



                       labeling agricultural seeds



201.8 Contents of the label.

201.9 Kind.

201.10 Variety.

201.11 Type.

201.11a Hybrid.

201.12 Name of kind and variety.

201.12a Lawn and turf seed mixtures.

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 (crop seeds).

201.19 Inert matter.

201.20 Germination.

201.21 Hard seed.

201.22 Date of test.

201.23 Name of shipper or consignee.

201.24 Code designation.

201.24a Inoculated seed.



                        labeling vegetable seeds



201.25 Contents of the label.

201.26 Kind, variety, and hybrid.

201.27 Name of shipper or consignee.

201.28 Code designation.

201.29 Germination of vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less.

201.29a Germination of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 

          pound.

201.30 Hard seed.

201.30a Date of test.

201.30b Lot number or other lot identification of vegetable seed in 

          containers of more than 1 pound.

201.31 Germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.



                           labeling in general



201.31a Labeling treated seed.

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.''



                          modifying statements



201.36a Disclaimers and nonwarranties.



                               advertising



201.36b Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid.

201.36c Hermetically-sealed containers.



                               inspection



201.37 Authorization.

201.38 Importations.



                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.



            purity analysis in the administration of the act



201.45 Obtaining the working sample.

201.46 Weight of working sample.

201.47 Separation.

201.47a Seed unit.

201.47b Working samples.

201.48 Kind or variety considered pure seed.

201.49 Other crop seed.

201.50 Weed seed.

201.51 Inert matter.

201.51a Special procedures for purity analysis.

201.51b Purity procedures for coated seed.

201.52 Noxious-weed seeds.



           germination tests in the administration of the act



201.53 Source of seeds for germination.

201.54 Number of seeds for germination.

201.55 Retests.

201.55a Moisture and aeration of substratum.

201.56 Interpretation.

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).



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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.

201.57 Hard seeds.

201.57a Dormant seeds.

201.58 Substrata, temperature, duration of test, and certain other 

          specific directions for testing for germination and hard seed.



              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



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]



                             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.



  Additional Requirements for the Certification of Plant Materials of 

                              Certain Crops



201.77 Length of stand requirements.

201.78 Pollen control for hybrids.



    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1592.

    Note: Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB 

control number 0581-0026 (47 FR 746, Jan. 7, 1982)



          Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture



                               Definitions





    Words in the regulations in this part in the singular form shall be 

deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand.



[5 FR 28, Jan. 4, 1940]