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[CITE: 7USC1562]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER 37--SEEDS
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--DEFINITIONS
 
Sec. 1562. False representations as certified seed; required 
        provisions
        
    Any labeling, advertisement, or other representation subject to this 
chapter which represents that any seed is certified seed or any class 
thereof shall be deemed to be false in this respect unless (a) it has 
been determined by a seed certifying agency that such seed conformed to 
standards of genetic purity and identity as to kind or variety, and is 
in compliance with the rules and regulations of such agency pertaining 
to such seed; and (b) the seed bears an official label issued for such 
seed by a seed certifying agency certifying that the seed is of a 
specified class and a specified kind or variety. Seed of 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 shall be certified only when
        (1) the basic seed from which the variety was produced furnished 
    by authority of the owner of the variety if the certification is 
    made during the term of protection, and
        (2) it conforms to the number of generations designated by the 
    certificate, if the certificate contains such a designation.

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title I, Sec. 102, as added Pub. L. 85-581, 
Sec. 4, Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 476; amended Pub. L. 91-89, Sec. 2, Oct. 
17, 1969, 83 Stat. 134; Pub. L. 91-577, title III, Sec. 142(b), Dec. 24, 
1970, 84 Stat. 1558.)

                       References in Text

    The Plant Variety Protection Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 
91-577, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 57 (Sec. 2321 et seq.) of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2321 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1970--Pub. L. 91-577 inserted provisions setting out conditions for 
certification of seed of any variety for which a certificate of plant 
variety protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act specifies sale 
only as a class of certified seed.
    1969--Pub. L. 91-89 struck out references to registered seed, and 
required labels, advertisement, or other representations to certify that 
the seed contained therein was determined by a seed certifying agency to 
be of a specified class and a specified kind of variety in conformity 
with the standards of genetic purity and identity as to kind or variety.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-577 effective Dec. 24, 1970, see section 141 
of Pub. L. 91-577, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2321 
of this title.
