Washington, DC
January 19, 2009
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA)
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today that
Seed Research of Oregon, a seed company operating out of
Corvallis, Ore., has paid $1,800 to settle alleged violations of
the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement
with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the
charges brought against them.
This settlement resolves a case which involved three shipments
of Kentucky bluegrass sent to Missouri and one shipment of
annual ryegrass sent to Nebraska alleged to be in violation of
the Federal Seed Act. The alleged violations, while not the same
for all shipments, were as follows:
- false labeling as to
germination percentage;
- false labeling as to inert matter and pure seed; and
- false labeling as to kind name.
AMS administers the Federal
Seed Act with the assistance of state seed officials. Seed
regulatory officials in Missouri and Nebraska 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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