978 7 USC 159 2.
Unidentified seeds. Ante, p. 975.
Treatment substance. 7 USC 1571.
Importation prohibitions.
PUBLIC LAW 89-686-OCT. 15, 1966
[80 STAT.
tary of Agriculture under rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act, indicating the person who transports or delivers for transportation said seed in interstate commerce." SEC. 11. Section 202 of said Act (53 Stat. 1281, 72 Stat. 477; 7 U.S.C. 1572) is amended by inserting the word "treatment" followed by a comma immediately preceding the word "germination" wherever said word appears in said section. SEC. 12. (a) Section 203(d) of said Act (53 Stat. 1282; 7 U.S.C. 1573 (d)) is amended to read as follows: " (d) The provisions of sections 201(a) and (b) relative to the labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds with the percentages of the kind or kind and variety of seeds shall not be deemed violated if there are seeds in the container or bulk which could not be, or were not, identified because of their indistinguishability in appearance from the seeds intended to be transported or delivered for transportation in interstate commerce: Provided, That the records of the person charged with the duty under said section of labeling or invoicing the seeds, kept in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, together with other pertinent facts, disclose that said person has taken reasonable precautions to insure the identity of the seeds to be that stated. (b) Section 203 of said Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (e) reading as follows: "(e) The provisions of section 201(i) relative to the labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds with the name of any substance used in the treatment of seeds shall not be deemed violated if the substance or substances used in such treatment could not be or were not identified because of their indistinguishability from the substance or substances intended to be used in the treatment of the seeds: Provided, That the records of the person charged with the duty under said section of labeling or invoicing the seeds, kept in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, together with other pertinent facts, disclosed that said person has taken reasonable precautions to insure the identity of the substance or substances to be as stated." SEC. 13. Section 301(a)(4) of said Act (72 Stat. 478; 7 U.S.C. 1581 (a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: " (4) any seed containing 10 per centum or more of any agricultural or vegetable seeds, unless the invoice pertaining to such seed and any other labeling of such seed bear a lot identification and the name of each kind and variety of vegetable seed present in any amount and each kind or kind and variety of agricultural seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole, and unless in the case of hybrid seed present in excess of 5 per centum of the whole it is designated as hybrid." SEC. 14. Section 301(a) of said Act (53 Stat. 1282; 7 U.S.C. 1581 (a)) is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (5) to read as follows: "(5) any agricultural seeds or any mixture thereof, or any vegetable seeds or any mixture thereof, for seeding purposes, that have been treated, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act: " (A) A word or statement indicating that the seeds have been treated; " (B) The commonly accepted coined, chemical (generic), or abbreviated chemical name of any substance used in such treatment; " (C) If the substance used in such treatment in the amount remaining with the seeds is harmful to humans or other vertebrate
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