Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XIII - Seeds
Chapter 5 - General Seed Certification Requirements
Section XIII-519 - Processing of Certified Seed
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XIII-519
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Bagging
1. All seed approved for
certification must be packaged in new 100 pound containers or less, except as
provided by this Subsection.
2.
Registered class of rice and small grains (wheat and oats):
a. new super-bags or Q-bit bulk containers
(or its equivalent as determined by LDAF.
3. Certified class of rice and small grains
(wheat and oats):
a. new or reusable
super-bags or Q-bit bulk containers (or its equivalent as determined by LDAF).
Reusable containers shall be cleaned in a manner approved by LDAF.
B. General Labeling Requirements
1. Each container, regardless of
size, of all classes of certified seed offered for sale must bear an official
certification label issued by the LDAF.
2. Labeling requirements may vary with the
crop and methods of handling, but, in all instances, labels shall be attached
to the containers in a secure manner.
3. The lot number of the label attached to
each container must be the same as the lot number marked on the
container.
4. The label shall
contain the following information:
a. kind
and variety;
b. where
grown;
c. percentage of pure seed,
crop seed, weed seed and inert matter;
d. name and number of noxious weed seeds per
pound;
e. grower's name and address
or code number;
f. germination
percentage;
g. hard seed;
h. total germination and hard seed
percentage;
i. net
weight;
j. lot number;
and
k. date of test.
5. Certified seed lots carried
over from a previous crop year that fail to meet the minimum required
germination percentage for the specific commodity shall have a new certified
label affixed to the container. The label shall state the new germination
percentage, month and year of test, the wording "Substandard Germination" and
all other required label information. These seed lots shall meet the standards
set forth in
§143 Standards for Agricultural
Seed.
6. Labels will be issued only
for seed proven by laboratory analysis to meet required germination and purity
standards.
7. The number of labels
issued will be determined by the inspector's estimate of the quantity of seed
at the time of sampling. All unused labels must be returned to LDAF.
8. Prelabeling
a. In order to permit owners or certifiers of
seed to bag and label seed in advance of final laboratory reports,
certification labels may be issued in advance. Such labels can be pre-issued
upon receipt of completed field inspection reports showing that field
production standards have been met. The state may grant a waiver on the
movement of seed if an acceptable preliminary test is made on the seed lot. If
prelabeled lots fail laboratory analysis standards, all labels shall be
destroyed or returned to the LDAF. Failure to comply with this regulation will
result in suspension of future prelabeling privileges.
9. The official certification label may be
printed directly on the container with prior approval of LDAF.
10. When separate seed analysis labels
containing warranties, treatment information, etc., are attached to containers
they shall be positioned so as not to obscure certification labels.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1433 and R.S. 3:1434.
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