Section 52452 Of Article 8. Labeling Of Seeds From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each
container of agricultural seed that is for sale or sold within this
state for sowing purposes, unless the sale is an occasional sale of
seed grain by the producer of the seed grain to his or her neighbor
for use by the purchaser within the county of production, 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 includes
all of the following information:
(1) The commonly accepted name of the kind, kind and variety, or
kind and type of each agricultural seed component in excess of 5
percent of the whole, and the percentage by weight of each. If the
aggregate of agricultural seed components, each present in an amount
not exceeding 5 percent of the whole, exceeds 10 percent of the
whole, each component in excess of 1 percent of the whole shall be
named together with the percentage by weight of each. If more than
one component is required to be named, the names of all components
shall be shown in letters of the same type and size.
(2) The lot number or other lot identification.
(3) The percentage by weight of all weed seeds.
(4) The name and approximate number of each kind of restricted
noxious weed seed per pound.
(5) The percentage by weight of any agricultural seed except that
which is required to be named on the label.
(6) The percentage by weight of inert matter. If a percentage by
weight is required to be shown by any provision of this section, that
percentage shall be exclusive of any substance that is added to the
seed as a coating and shown on the label as such.
(7) For each agricultural seed in excess of 5 percent of the
whole, stated in accordance with paragraph (1), the percentage of
germination exclusive of hard seed, the percentage of hard seed, if
present, and the calendar month and year the test was completed to
determine the percentages. Following the statement of those
percentages, the additional statement "total germination and hard
seed" may be stated.
(8) The name and address of the person who labeled the seed or of
the person who sells the seed within this state.
(b) All determinations of noxious weed seeds are subject to
tolerances and methods of determination prescribed in the regulations
that are adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(c) For purposes of this section, "neighbor" means a person who
lives in close proximity, not to exceed three miles, to another.