General Seed Certification Standards Rules and Regulations

Table of Contents

1. Certifying Agency

2. Mission

3. Definition and Purpose

4. Membership in Association

5. Variety Eligibility Requirements

5.1 Certification Technical Committee
5.2 Submission of variety for review
5.3 Certification Pending

6. Classes of Certified Seed

6.1 Breeder Seed
6.2 Foundation Seed
6.3 Registered Seed
6.4 Certified Seed

7. Limitations of Generations

7.1 Recertification of the Certified Class
7.2 Production of an Additional Generation - 1 Year
7.3 Production of an Additional Generation - 1 Harvest

8. Who May Grow Seed for Certification

9. Land Requirements

9.1 Prohibited Noxioius Weed Seed List
9.2 Restricted Noxious Weed Seed List
9.3 Isolation Requirements

10. Planting the Field

10.1 Applicant Planting Own Seed
10.2 Equipment

11. Applying to Grow Certified Seed

11.1 Applications
11.2 Renewal Applications

12. Field Management

13. Field Inspection

13.1 Standards Applied
13.2 Responsibility
13.3 Re-inspection

14. Certification Number

15. Harvesting

16. Seed Transport from Field to an Approved Conditioning Facility

17. Movement of Seed

17.1 Intra-County movement of seed
17.2 Inter-County movement of seed
17.3 Inter-Agency (State) movement of seed

18. Conditioning

18.1 Approved Conditioning Facility
18.2 Accredited Coditioning Facility
18.3 Conditioner Records
18.4 Reconditioning

19. Sampling

20. Seed Testing

21. Seed Certification

21.1 Online Request
21.2 Submit Laboratory Results
21.3 Verification
21.4 Substandard Seed

22. Certified Blends and Mixtures

22.1 In-Dirt Blend
22.2 Lot Blend
22.3 Varietal Blend
22.4 Mixtures

23. Seed Laboratory

23.1 Seed Laboratory Staff
23.2 Certification Seed Testing
23.3 Reference Samples

24. Seed Laboratory Recognition Program

24.1 Purpose and Objectives
24.2 Recognized Seed laboratories

25. OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

26. Containers, Tags, and Labels

26.1 Bulk containers
26.2 Packaged containers
26.3 Certificates, Tags, and Labels

27. Tagging Procedures

27.1 Pretagging
27.2 Tag Requests
27.3 Approval to Print Tags
27.4 Certification and Lot Numbers on Containers
27.5 Agricultural Commissioner Responsibility

28. Compliance with State and Federal Laws

29. Interagency Certification

30. Plant Variety Protection Act

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