7 U.S.C. § 1572: Records

Summary

People who move seeds across state lines must keep full records for three years. For agricultural seed lots they must record the source, any treatments, germination results, and purity; for vegetable seeds they must record treatments, germination, and the variety. The Secretary of Agriculture or authorized agents may inspect those records so the law can be carried out.

Title 7, §1572

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All persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, agricultural seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of origin, treatment, germination, and purity of each lot of such agricultural seeds, and all persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, vegetable seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of treatment, germination and variety of such vegetable seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this chapter.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–686 required record of treatment of agricultural and vegetable seeds. 1958—Pub. L. 85–581 required keeping of records of vegetable seeds.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

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