Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XIII - Seeds › Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Law and Regulations › Section XIII-301 - Acts which Constitute Violations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following acts shall be considered as
				violations under the Seed Law or this Part:
1. selling, distributing, or offering or
				handling for sale any agricultural or vegetable seed without registering with
				the commissioner as a seed dealer or maintaining a seed dealer's
				license;
2. failing to timely file
				any required report or pay any required regulatory fee on agricultural or
				vegetable seed sold within or into Louisiana;
3. selling, distributing, offering or
				handling for sale, or transporting, unless exempted under
				R.S.
				3:1445, any agricultural or vegetable seed
				within or into this state which is not labeled in accordance with the Seed Law
				or this Part;
4. selling,
				distributing, offering or handling for sale, or transporting except for common
				carriers exempted under
				R.S.
				3:1445, within or into this state, any
				agricultural or vegetable seed that is:
a.
				labeled in a false or misleading manner; or that is
b. advertised in a false or misleading
				manner; or that
c. contain
				conflicting labeling or label information;
5. failing to comply with a written stop
				order issued by an authorized agent of the commissioner, commission or
				LDAF;
6. failing to comply with
				labeling requirements when selling, distributing, or offering or handling for
				sale "treated" seed;
7. detaching,
				defacing, damaging, falsifying, altering or destroying any required label,
				certificate, seal, tape, test data, records or other documents provided for in
				the Seed Law or this Part unless any such action is performed by the ultimate
				consumer or end user of the seed after purchase by that person;
8. failing to keep accurate records or to
				make any such records available for inspection, as required by the Seed Law or
				this Part;
9. selling,
				distributing, or offering or handling for sale agricultural or vegetable seed
				as certified, registered or foundation class without being produced and labeled
				in compliance with the Seed Law or this Part;
10. representing a lot as "certified seed"
				without an official seed certifying agency label, tape, certificate or other
				approved documentation attached to or accompanying each container or
				shipment;
11. obstruct in any way
				the commissioner, the commission, LDAF or any of their authorized agents in the
				performance of their duties;
12.
				selling, distributing, offering or handling for sale, or transporting except
				for common carriers exempted under
				R.S.
				3:1445, any agricultural or vegetable seed
				that has not been tested in accordance with the Seed Law or this
				Part;
13. using relabeling stickers
				or supplemental labels without having both the calendar month and year that the
				germination test was completed, and the lot number that exactly matches the
				original lot number;
14. failure of
				labeled seed to be within the limitations allowed or recognized tolerances of
				analysis on label;
15. failure to
				comply and obtain a written release of a stop order within the 30-day period
				required by
				R.S.
				3:1440.