7 U.S.C. § 1586: Certain acts prohibited

Summary

It is illegal to sell or offer for sale seeds or seed screenings that were brought into the United States for something other than planting, or to sell seeds that are banned from entering the country. It is also illegal to give false or misleading information about seeds being imported or offered for import. One exception: if the only wrong fact is the variety name, the seed looks the same as that variety, and the seller reasonably relied on the shipper’s name and records in good faith, then it is not a violation.

Title 7, §1586

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It shall be unlawful for any person—

(a)To sell or offer for sale—

(1)any seed for seeding purposes if imported under this subchapter for other than seeding purposes;

(2)any screenings of any seeds for seeding purposes if imported under this subchapter for other than seeding purposes; or

(3)any seed which is prohibited entry under the provisions of this chapter.

(b)To make any false or misleading representation with respect to any seed subject to this subchapter being imported into the United States or offered for import: Provided, That this subsection shall not be deemed violated by any person if the false or misleading representation is the name of a variety indistinguishable in appearance from the seed being imported or offered for import and the records and other pertinent facts reveal that such person relied in good faith upon representations with respect to the name of the indistinguishable variety made by the shipper of the seed.

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Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(A), struck out pars. (4) to (7) which read as follows: “(4) any seed which has been stained to resemble seed stained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the

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made and promulgated thereunder; “(5) any seed stained under the provisions of this chapter and the

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made and promulgated thereunder, when mixed with seed of the same kind produced in the United States; “(6) any seed stained with different colors; “(7) any seed stained under the provisions of this chapter, the labeling of which states that such seed is adapted.” Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103–465, § 441(4)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “To change the proportion of seeds stained under the provisions of this chapter and the

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made and promulgated thereunder or to alter, modify, conceal, or remove in any manner or by any means the color of such stained seeds.” 1958—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85–581 added subsec. (c).

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Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an

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note under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

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See section 1610 of this title.

§1586 Certain Acts Prohibited

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Title 7, §1586

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