Washington, DC
January 4, 2008
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that a
Jennings, Florida, seed company has paid USDA $700 to settle
alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
The company, Bennett Seed, 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 two shipments of
cowpea seed, made to Georgia, alleged to be in violation of the
Federal Seed Act.
The alleged violation was false labeling as to pure seed and
inert matter.
AMS administers the act with the help of state seed officials.
Seed regulatory officials in Georgia 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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