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7 U.S. Code § 1611 - Illegal sales of uncertified seed | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 7 › Chapter 37 › Subchapter V › § 1611 7 U.S. Code § 1611 - Illegal sales of uncertified seed
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.
(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.)
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 (§ 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.
1981—Pub. L. 97–98substituted “sell or offer for sale or advertise, by variety name, seed” for “sell by variety name seed”, “certifying agency, when” for “certifying agency when”, and “owners of the variety” for “owner of the variety”.
Section effective Dec. 24, 1970, see section 141 ofPub. L. 91–577, set out as a note under section 2321 of this title.