Washington, DC
July 27, 2009
AMS No. 142-09
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Western Hybrid
Seeds Inc., a seed company operating out of Hamilton City,
California, has paid $1,225 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 3 shipments of
watermelon seeds to Oregon and Pennsylvania. All shipments were
subsequently shipped into North Carolina where they were
officially tested. The alleged violations were as follows:
• false labeling of variety
names; and
• failure to keep required records including those
establishing the seed variety name.
The Federal Seed Act is a
truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers
who buy seed. |
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