Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-11-1 - SEED STANDARDS, TOLERANCES AND TREATMENT
Section 80-11-1-.03 - Allowable Standards For Sampling And Tolerances

Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 80-11-1-.03

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024

(1) The manner of sampling and handling seed in the field and analyzing and testing seed in the Laboratory, Greenhouse and Trial plots shall be the same as that recommended in the Rules For Testing Seeds of the Association of Official Seed Analysts, as published in 1978 and as same is subsequently amended.

(2) The same tolerances published in the Rules For Testing Seeds as published by the Association of Official Seed Analysts, in 1978 and as subsequently amended, shall be recognized in the administration of the Alabama State Seed Law; except no tolerances shall be applied to minimum germination standards, maximum weed seed percentages, maximum noxious weed seeds permitted, prohibited noxious weeds and when the term "none allowed" is used, this shall mean 0 with no tolerance.

(3) Any portion of the Rules For Testing Seeds of the Association of Official Seed Analysts, or as may later be amended, in conflict with any Alabama law or regulation shall be disregarded and not followed:

(4) Tree and shrub seed shall be tested in accordance with the proceedings prescribed by the Association of Official Seed Analysts and set forth in the latest edition of the Rules For Testing Seeds published by that Association. For those kinds not covered in these rules, the testing procedure used shall be those recommended by the Eastern Tree Seed Lab.

(5) All lots of seeds shall be stacked separately and made accessible for proper sampling.

(6) The nine (9) month period of validity of a germination test is hereby extended to 36 months for agricultural and vegetable seeds packaged in hermetically sealed containers which comply with the following requirements:

(a) The seed was packaged within nine months after harvest;

(b) The container used does not allow water vapor penetration through any wall, including the seals, greater than 0.05 grams of water per 24 hours per 100 square inches of surface at 100 degrees F. with a relative humidity on one side of 90 per cent and on the other side of 0 per cent. Water vapor penetration or W V P is measured by the standards of the U. S. Bureau of Standards as gm.H20/24 hr./100 sq. in./100 degrees F/90% RH V.0% RH;

(c) The seed in the container does not exceed the percentage of moisture, on a wet weight basis, as listed in S201.36c of the Federal Seed Act for the crops listed in this section;

(d) The container is conspicuously labeled in not less than eight point type to indicate (1) that the container is hermetically sealed, (2) that the seed has been preconditioned as to moisture content, and (3) the calendar month and year in which the germination test was completed.

(e) The percentage of germination shall be stated on label at the time of packaging.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-26-3.

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