- advertisement
means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter.
- Agricultural seeds
shall mean grass, forage, and field crop seeds which the Secretary of Agriculture finds are used for seeding purposes in the United States and which he lists in the rules and regulations prescribed under section 1592 of this title.
- false advertisement
means any advertisement which is false or misleading in any particular.
- false labeling
means any labeling which is false or misleading in any particular;
- foreign commerce
means commerce between the United States, its possessions, or any Territory of the United States, and any foreign country.
- germination
means the percentage of seeds capable of producing normal seedlings under ordinarily favorable conditions (not including seeds which produce weak, malformed, or obviously abnormal sprouts), determined by methods prescribed under section 1593 of this title.
- hard seeds
means the percentage of seeds which because of hardness or impermeability do not absorb moisture or germinate under prescribed tests but remain hard during the period prescribed for germination of the kind of seed concerned, determined by methods prescribed under section 1593 of this title.
- in bulk
refers to seed when loose either in vehicles of transportation or in storage, and not to seed in bags or other containers.
- inert matter
means all matter not seeds, and includes among others broken seeds, sterile florets, chaff, fungus bodies, and stones, determined by methods prescribed under section 1593 of this title.
- interstate commerce
means—
- kind
means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively is known by one common name, for example, soybean, flax, carrot, radish, cabbage, cauliflower, and so forth.
- label
means the display or displays of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or attached to the container of seed.
- labeling
includes all labels, and other written, printed, and graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, accompanying and pertaining to any seed whether in bulk or in containers, and includes invoices.
- noxious-weed seeds
means the seeds or bulblets of plants recognized as noxious—
- origin
means the State, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or possession of the United States, or the foreign country, or designated portion thereof, where the seed was grown.
- person
includes a partnership, corporation, company, society, or association.
- seed certifying agency
means (A) an agency authorized under the laws of a State, Territory, or possession, to officially certify seed and which has standards and procedures approved by the Secretary (after due notice, hearings, and full consideration of the views of farmer users of certified seed and other interested parties) to assure the genetic purity and identity of the seed certified, or (B) an agency of a foreign country determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to adhere to procedures and standards for seed certification comparable to those adhered to generally by seed certifying agencies under (A).
- treated
means given an application of a substance or subjected to a process designed to reduce, control, or repel disease organisms, insects or other pests which attack seeds or seedlings growing therefrom.
- type
means either (A) a group of varieties so nearly similar that the individual varieties cannot be clearly differentiated except under special conditions, or (B) when used with a variety name means seed of the variety named which may be mixed with seed of other varieties of the same kind and of similar character, the manner of and the circumstances connected with the use of the designation to be governed by rules and regulations prescribed under section 1592 of this title.
- United States
means the several States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- variety
means a subdivision of a kind which is characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed, or other characters by which it can be differentiated from other sorts of the same kind, for example, Marquis wheat, Flat Dutch cabbage, Manchu soybeans, Oxheart carrot, and so forth.
- weed seeds
means the seeds or bulblets of plants recognized as weeds either by the law or rules and regulations of—