7 U.S.C. § 1611 — Illegal sales of uncertified seed
submitted 87 years ago by Pub. L. 91-577 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 99 words · no verdicts yet
This section makes it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or advertise by variety name certain seed that has not been certified by an official seed certifying agency. It creates an exception for labeling seed from a certified lot by variety name when the seed is used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the variety owners.
It must be unlawful in the United States* or in interstate or foreign commerce* to sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety* name, seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency*, when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act [ 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.] specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: However seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owners of the variety.
It shall be unlawful in the United States* or in interstate or foreign commerce* to sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety* name, seed not certified by an official seed certifying agency*, when it is a variety for which a certificate of plant variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act [7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.] specifies sale only as a class of certified seed: Provided, That seed from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a mixture by, or with the approval of, the owners of the variety.
Source credit: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 142(a), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1558; amended Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1118, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1272.)
- 1939Enacted · Pub. L. 91-577 · 84 Stat. 1558
- 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-98 · 95 Stat. 1272
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-577 on 1939-08-09.
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