Current through August 30, 2024
(a) Each lot or package of agricultural seed
sold or offered for sale within the state must bear on it or have attached to
it in a conspicuous place, a legibly written or printed label or tag, in
English, providing the following information:
(1) the commonly accepted name of the kind
and variety of the seed;
(2) the
country or state where the seed was grown;
(3) the total percentage by weight of pure
seed;
(4) the total percentage by
weight of all weed seed;
(5) the
total percentage by weight of inert matter;
(6) the total percentage by weight of other
crop seed;
(7) the name and
approximate number per pound of each kind of restricted noxious weed seed, as
listed in 11 AAC 34.020;
(8) the percentage of germination of the
agricultural seed, together with the month and year the seed was
tested;
(9) the percentage of hard
seed, if any is present;
(10) the
name and address of the person labeling the seed or selling, offering, or
exposing the seed for sale within the state; and
(11) the lot number or other lot
identification.
(b) Each
lot of mixed agricultural seed sold or offered for sale within the state must
bear on it or have attached to it in a conspicuous place, a legibly written or
printed label or tag, in English, providing the following information:
(1) that the seed is a mixture;
(2) the name and variety and total percentage
by weight of each kind of agricultural seed present in order of
predominance;
(3) the total
percentage by weight of other crop seed less than five percent of the mixture;
and
(4) the information listed in
(a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(10), and (a)(11) of this section.
(c) Vegetable seed in a container
of one-half pound or more sold or offered for sale within the state must bear
on the container or have attached to the container in a conspicuous place, a
legibly written or printed label or tag, in English, providing the following
information:
(1) the name of the kind and the
variety and total percentage by weight; and
(2) the information listed in (a)(4) -
(a)(8), (a)(10), and (a)(11) of this section.
(d) Vegetable seed in a container of less
than one-half pound sold or offered for sale within the state and which meets
the germination standards and tolerances in
7 U.S.C.
1551 -
1611 (Federal Seed Act) must bear
on the container or have attached to the container in a conspicuous place, a
legibly written or printed label or tag, in English, providing the following
information:
(1) the name of the kind and
variety of the seed;
(2) the name
and address of the person or firm labeling the seed, or selling, offering, or
exposing the seed for sale within the state;
(3) the year the seed was packed;
and
(4) the lot number or other
identification.
(e)
Vegetable seed in a container of less than one-half pound sold or offered for
sale within the state and which does not meet the germination standards and
tolerances in 7 U.S.C.
1551 -
1611 (Federal Seed Act) must be
labeled, in English, to provide the information required by (d) of this section
and the following:
(1) percentage of
germination;
(2) percentage of hard
seed, if applicable; and
(3) the
phrase "substandard germination" in not less than eight-point type.
(f) Any agricultural or vegetable
seed treated with toxic substances must be labeled to provide the information
required by (a) - (e) of this section and the following:
(1) a word or statement, in type no less than
eight points, that the seed has been treated;
(2) the commonly accepted coined or chemical
name of the applied substances; and
(3) a caution statement and appropriate
poison symbol if the applied substance presents a hazard to human or animal
health.
(g) Seed packed
in hermetically sealed containers must be labeled to provide the information
required by (a) - (f) of this section and the following:
(1) that the container is hermetically
sealed;
(2) that the seed has been
preconditioned as to moisture content;
(3) that the germination test is valid for a
period of not more than 24 months from the date of germination test for seed
offered for sale on a wholesale basis, and for a period of not more than 36
months for seed offered for sale at retail; and
(4) that the germination of seeds at the time
of packaging was equal to or above standards and tolerances prescribed in the
7 U.S.C.
1551 -
1611 (Federal Seed Act).
(h) Agricultural seeds, mixed
agricultural seeds, or bulk vegetable seeds, are exempt from the provisions of
this section when
(1) the seeds are grown in
or sold within the state to be recleaned before being sold, exposed, or offered
for sale for seeding purposes;
(2)
the seeds are held for purposes of recleaning; or
(3) the seeds are held or sold for milling
for food or for feeding purposes only.
(i) Tetrazolium viability test results are
not considered valid germination tests for the purposes of labeling as required
by this section.
(j) Hybrid seed,
as defined in 7 C.F.R.
201.2(y), must be labeled in
accordance with provisions of 7 C.F.R.
201.11(a).
Authority:AS
03.05.010
AS 03.05.030
AS
44.37.030
