Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-05 - Markets
Chapter 0080-05-06 - Seed
Section 0080-05-06-.02 - LABELS
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Hybrid corn seed containing Texas Male Sterile Cytoplasm shall be labeled to show the percentage of this Cytoplasm expressed by the symbol (T*) in parentheses immediately following the variety name. This asterisk (*) shall refer to a statement on the front panel of the seed label stating the percentage (%) of seed in the lot with Texas Male Sterile Cytoplasm. This information shall be printed in type no smaller than that used for the variety and kind name. (T*) shall be disassociated from the variety name by use of parentheses, brackets, quotes, or spaces.
EXAMPLES:
Variety, 704 (T*)
100% T-Cytoplasm (any place on front of analysis tag )
(Note: Reference to separate tag permitted, e.g., "see separate tag.")
Corn Variety, 704 (T*)
*50% T-Cytoplasm (any place in front of analysis tag.)
(Note: Reference to separate tag permitted, e.g., "see separate tag.")
Note: 704 is used as a fictitious variety name in label example.
(2) A complete analysis must be given and the purity test percentage must total one-hundred (100%) percent. Blank spaces on a tag or label shall be considered equivalent to the word "None". Either numerals or the word "none" should be used to express a percentage or numbers per pound.
(3) Abbreviations in labeling seed is not permissible.
Authority: T.C.A. §43-928, Public Chapter 660 of 1986.
