Washington, DC
July 3, 2007
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that a
Marysville, Ohio, seed company has paid USDA $1,600 to settle
alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
The company, The Scotts Seed Company, settled the case in
agreement with officials from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS). The company neither admitted nor denied the
charges.
The case, resolved by the settlement, involved four shipments of
Bermudagrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, and tall fescue seed; there
were two shipments from Ohio to Missouri and two from Ohio to
Georgia.
The alleged violation, for each shipment was false labeling as
to germination percentage.
AMS administers the act with the help of state seed officials.
Seed regulatory officials in Georgia and Missouri cooperated
with AMS in making the investigations. The Federal Seed Act is a
truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers
who buy seed. |
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