DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS 52001-53564›CHAPTER 2. California Seed Law 52251-52515›ARTICLE 6.5. Seed-certifying Agencies 52401-52406

§ 52401

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The secretary shall, by regulation, establish a list of seed-certifying agencies that the secretary finds qualified to certify as to the variety, purity, quality, type, strain, or other genetic character of agricultural or vegetable seed. The secretary shall consult with the director of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station before approving the qualifications of any seed-certifying agency.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 715, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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