Texas Administrative Code
Title 4 - AGRICULTURE
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 10 - SEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
Subchapter K - INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEED, FIELD STANDARDS
Section 10.51 - Application and Amplification of Industrial Hemp Seed Certification
Universal Citation: 4 TX Admin Code § 10.51
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The general requirements, as adopted by the State Seed and Plant Board, are basic and, together with the following specific standards, constitute the standards for certification of industrial hemp seed.
(b) "Industrial hemp" or "hemp" as defined Texas Agriculture Code § 121.001 means the plant species Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Industrial Hemp includes varieties of these kinds:
(1) Dioecious type: with male and female flowers on separate plants.
(2) Monoecious type: with male and female flowers on the same plant.
(3) (Unisexual Female) Hybrids: with sterile male and fertile female flowers on the same plant.
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