Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/1581?qt-us_code_tabs=2
Timestamp: 2014-07-24 03:56:03
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1581', '§ 301', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 5', '§ 441', '§ 13', '§ 14']

7 U.S. Code § 1581 - Prohibitions relating to importations | LII / Legal Information Institute
any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural or vegetable seeds, unless the invoice pertaining to such seed and any other labeling of such seed bear a lot identification and the name of each kind and variety of vegetable seed present in any amount and each kind or kind and variety of agricultural seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole, and unless in the case of hybrid seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole it is designated as hybrid.
any agricultural seeds or any mixture thereof, or any vegetable seeds or any mixture thereof, for seeding purposes, that have been treated, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under section 1592 of this title:
(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title III, § 301,53 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 85–581, § 12,Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 478; Pub. L. 89–686, §§ 13, 14,Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 978; Pub. L. 97–439, § 5(b)(1),Jan. 8, 1983, 96 Stat. 2288; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 441(1),Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4973.)
1994—Pub. L. 103–465struck out “(a)” before “The importation” in introductory provisions, struck out “, or is required to be stained and is not so stained, under the terms of this subchapter,” after “noxious-weed seeds” in par. (1), redesignated pars. (4) and (5) as (3) and (4), respectively, and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “any seed containing 10 per centum or more of the seeds of alfalfa or red clover, which has been stained prior to being offered for entry in a manner that does not permit compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations made and promulgated thereunder.”
1983—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97–439substituted “any agricultural or vegetable seeds if any such seed contains noxious weed seeds” for “any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural or vegetable seeds if any such seed is adulterated or unfit for seeding purposes”.
1966—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 89–686, § 13, prohibited importation of any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural seeds and prescribed as additional prerequisites to importation a lot identification for the invoice and any other labeling, the kind and variety of seed present in any amount, each kind or kind and variety of seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole, and hybrid designation in case of hybrid seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 89–686, § 14, added par. (5).
1958—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 85–581added par. (4).