Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 7 - NEBRASKA SEED LAW REGULATIONS › Section 25-7-012 - Labeling of Kind or Kind and Variety of Seed

Current through June 17, 2024
The name of a kind or kind and variety of seed and any
				  descriptive terms pertaining thereto shall be correctly represented in any
				  advertisement of seed.
012.01
Name of Kind or Kind and Variety.
The representation
				of the name of a kind or kind and variety of seed in any advertisement subject
				to the act shall be confined to the name of the kind or kind and variety
				determined in accordance with Section
				81-2,147.01. The name shall not
				have associated therewith words or terms that create a misleading impression as
				to the history or characteristics of the kind or kind and variety. Descriptive
				terms and firm names may be used in kind or variety names; Provided, that the
				descriptive terms or firm names are a part of the name of the kind or variety
				of seed; for example. Stringless Green Pod, Detroit Dark Red, Black Seed
				Simpson and Henderson Bush Lima. Seed shall not be designated as hybrid seed in
				any advertisement subject to the act unless it comes within the definition of
				"Hybrid" in Section
				81-2,147.01.
012.02
Characteristics of Kind
				or Variety.
Terms descriptive as to color, shape, size, habit of
				growth, disease resistance, or other characteristics of the kind or variety,
				may be associated with the name of the kind or variety; provided, that it is
				done in a manner which clearly indicates the descriptive term is not part of
				the name of the kind or variety; for example, Oshkosh pepper (yellow),
				Copenhagen Market (round head) cabbage, and Kentucky Wonder pole
				bean.
012.03
Description of Quality and Origin.
Terms descriptive of quality or
				origin and terms descriptive of the basis for representations made may be
				associated with the name of the kind or variety of seed; Provided, that the
				terms are clearly identified as being other than part of the name of the kind
				or variety; for example. Blue Tag Gem Barley, Idaho Origin Alfalfa, and
				Grower's Affidavit of Variety Atlas Sorghum.
012.04
Description of Manner of
				Production or Conditioning.
Terms descriptive of the manner or
				method of production or conditioning the seed may be shown; for example,
				certified, registered, delinted, scarified, treated, and hulled, may be
				associated with the name of the kind or variety of seed, providing such terms
				are not misleading.
012.05
Separation of Brand Names from Kind and Variety
				Names.
Brand names and terms taken from trademarks may be
				associated with name of the kind and variety or mixtures of kinds or blends of
				varieties of seed as an indication of source; Provided, that the terms are
				clearly indicated as being other than part of the name of the kind and variety,
				mixture or blend; for example. Valley Brand Blend 15 Alfalfa VNS, or River
				Brand Golden Cross Corn VNS. Seed shall not be advertised under a trademark or
				brand name in any manner that may create the impression that the trademark or
				brand name is a variety name.