§1562 False Representations as Certified Seed; Required Provisions

Summary

Calling seed "certified seed" is not allowed unless two things are true. First, an official seed certifying agency must have checked the seed and found it meets that agency’s standards for genetic purity and correct kind or variety and follows its rules. Second, the seed must have an official label from that agency saying the seed’s class and the kind or variety. If a Plant Variety Protection certificate says a variety may be sold only as a class of certified seed, that seed can be certified only if the owner supplied the basic seed during the protection term and the seed meets any generation limits listed on the certificate.