§ 52453

Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each container of vegetable seed that is for sale or sold within this state for sowing purposes shall bear upon it, or have attached to it, in a conspicuous place, a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, that gives all of the following information:

(a) Name of kind and variety of seed.

(b) For any seed that germinates less than the standard last established by the secretary under this chapter, the percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed; the percentage of hard seed, if present; the calendar month and year the test was completed to determine those percentages; and the words “Below Standard” in not less than eight-point type.

(c) Name and address of the person that labeled the seed, or of the person that sells the seed within this state.

(d) In addition to the information required in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), on each container of more than one-half pound (227 grams), the label shall include both the lot number or other lot identification and the calendar month and year the germination test was completed.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 499, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2007.)