Texas Agriculture Code

§ 61.004 — LABELING OF AGRICULTURAL SEED

AG § 61.004Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part A. SEED AND FERTILIZER · Ch. 61. INSPECTION, LABELING, AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL AND VEGETABLE SEED

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(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, each container of agricultural seed that is sold or offered or exposed for sale in this state shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label in English that contains the following information relating to the contents of the container:

(1)the name of the kind or the kind and variety of each agricultural seed component present in excess of five percent of the whole, and the percentage by weight of each;

(2)the lot number or other lot identification;

(3)for each named agricultural seed:

(A)the percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed, as determined by rule of the department;

(B)the percentage of hard seed, if present; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1127, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 151, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1985.