Section 52482 Of Article 9. Violations From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 9.
52482
. Except as otherwise provided in Section 52486, it is
unlawful for any person to ship, deliver, transport, or sell any
agricultural or vegetable seed within this state that is within any
of the following classes:
(a) Is not labeled in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter. This subdivision does not, however, apply to any seed that
is described in Section 52451.
(b) Contains prohibited noxious weed seed, subject to tolerances
and methods of determination prescribed in the regulations that are
adopted pursuant to this chapter. This subdivision does not, however,
apply to any of the seed that is described in subdivision (a) or (b)
of Section 52451.
(c) Has false or misleading labeling, or pertaining to which there
has been a false or misleading advertisement.
(d) Is represented to be certified seed or registered seed, unless
it has been produced and labeled in accordance with the procedures
and in compliance with the rules and regulations of a seed-certifying
agency that is officially recognized under the provisions of this
chapter, if produced in this state, or under the provisions of the
Federal Seed Act (7 U.S.C., Sec. 1551, et seq.), as enacted, and
rules and regulations that are adopted pursuant to that act, if
produced outside of this state.
(e) Contains more than 1 1/2 percent by weight of all weed seeds.
This subdivision does not, however, apply to any seed that is
described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 52451.
(f) To sell, by variety name, seed not certified by an official
seed-certifying agency when it is a variety for which a certificate
of plant variety protection under the United States Plant Variety
Protection Act (84 Stats. 1542; 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2321, et seq.)
specifies sale only as a class of certified seed, except that seed
from a certified lot may be labeled as to variety name when used in a
mixture by, or with the written approval of the owner of the
variety.