Part 201 — Federal Seed Act Requirements

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• §201.1 Meaning of words.
• §201.2 Terms defined.
• §201.3 Administrator.
• §201.4 Maintenance and accessibility.
• §201.5 Origin.
• §201.6 Germination.
• §201.7 Purity (including variety).
• §201.7a Treated seed.
• §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 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.
• §201.19 Inert matter.
• §201.20 Germination
• §201.21 Hard seed or dormant seed.
• §201.22 Date of test.
• §201.23 Seller and buyer information.
• §201.24 Code designation.
• §201.24a Inoculated seed.
• §201.25 Contents of the label.
• §201.26 Kind, variety, and hybrid.
• §201.26a Vegetable seed mixtures.
• §201.27 Seller and buyer information.
• §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.
• §201.30c Noxious-weed seeds of vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound.
• §201.31 Minimum germination standards for vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.
• §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.”
• §201.36a Disclaimers and nonwarranties.
• §201.36b Name of kind and variety; designation as hybrid.
• §201.36c Hermetically-sealed containers.
• §201.37 Authorization.
• §201.38 Reserved
• §201.39 General procedure.
• §201.40 Bulk.
• §201.41 Bags.
• §201.42 Small containers.
• §201.43 Size of sample.
• §201.44 Forwarding samples.
• §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.
• §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).
• §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.
• §201.58a Indistinguishable seeds.
• §201.58b Origin.
• §201.58c Detection of captan, mercury, or thiram on seed.
• §201.58d Fungal endophyte test.
• §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
• §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.
• §201.77 Length of stand requirements.
• §201.78 Pollen control for hybrids.