New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS › Chapter III - Plant Industry › Subchapter A - Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law) › Part 95 - Inspection and Sale of Seeds › Section 95.7 - Warning on treated seed

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following provisions shall apply to the labeling of
					 treated seed to provide "a warning adequate to protect the public" as required
					 in section 137  of the Agriculture and Markets
					 Law:
(a) Seed treated with a mercurial
				  or similarly toxic substance, if any amount remains with the seed, shall be
				  labeled to show a representation of a skull and crossbones at least twice the
				  size of the type used for other information pertaining to treatment on the
				  label, and shall also include in red letters on a background of distinctly
				  contrasting color a statement worded substantially as follows: "This seed has
				  been treated with Poison", "Treated with Poison", "Poison treated", or
				  "Poison". The word "Poison" shall appear in type no less than 8 point.
Examples of mercurials and similarly toxic substances are
					 the following:
Aldrin, technical
Demeton
Dieldrin
Endrin
Heptachlor
o, o-diethyl S- (ethylthiomethyl)
					 phosphorodithiolate
o, o-diethyl S-2- (ethylthio) ethyl
					 phosphorodithiolate
Phenyl amino cadmium dilactate
Mercurials (all types):
Ethyl mercury acetate
N-ethylmercuri-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydro-3, 6,-endomethano-3,
					 4, 5, 6, 7, 7- hexachlorophthalimide
Ethyl mercury chloride
Ethyl mercury 2, 3-dihydroxy propyl mercaptide
Ethyl mercury perthiocyanate
Ethyl mercury p-toluene sulfonanilide
Ethyl propyl mercury bromide
Hydroxymercuric cresol
Hydroxy mercurichlorophenol
Hydroxy mercurinitrophenol
Mercuric chloride; corrosive sublimate
Mercurous chloride; calomel
Mercuric oxide
Methyl mercury dicyan diamide
Methyl mercury hydroxide
Methyl mercury nitril
2-methoxy ethyl mercury acetate
Mercury-zinc-chromate
Phenyl mercury acetate
Phenyl mercury ammonium acetate
Phenyl mercury chloride
Phenyl mercury ethylene diamine acetate
Phenyl mercury formamide
Phenyl mercury salicylate
Phenyl mercury urea
Sodium ethyl mercury salicylate
(b) If a substance other than one which would
				  be classified as a mercurial or similarly toxic substance is used in the
				  treatment of seed, and the amount remaining with the seed is harmful to humans
				  or other vertebrate animals, the seed shall be labeled with an appropriate
				  caution statement in type no smaller than 8-point worded substantially as
				  follows: "Do not use for food", "Do not use for feed", "Do not use for oil
				  purposes", or "Do not use for food, feed, or oil purposes".
Any amount of any substance which is not a mercurial or
					 similarly toxic substance, used in the treatment of seed, which remains with
					 the seed is considered harmful within the meaning of this section when the seed
					 is in containers of more than four ounces, except that the following substances
					 shall not be deemed harmful when present at a rate less than the number of
					 parts per million indicated:
Allethrin--2 p.p.m.
Malathion--8 p.p.m.
Methoxyclor--2 p.p.m.
Piperonyl butoxide--8 p.p.m.
Pyrethrine--1 p.p.m.