ORS 633.531: Labeling vegetable or flower seed weighing one pound or less.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Each container of vegetable seed or flower seed that is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported within this state and that has a net weight of one pound or less shall be legibly labeled: (1) With the commonly accepted name of the kind or the kind and variety of the seed. (2) With the name and address of the person who labeled the seed or who sells, offers or exposes such seed for sale within this state. (3) With the year for which the seed was packed for sale, or the percentage of germination and the date the test was completed. (4) In the case of seed that has a percentage of germination less than the standard prescribed by the Director of Agriculture under authority of ORS 633.680, with: (a) The percentage of germination. (b) The percentage of hard seed, if more than one percent. (c) The month and year the test to determine the data required by this section was completed. (d) The words “substandard germination” in not less than eight-point boldfaced type. (5) With the labeling data required by ORS 633.520 (12) and (13). [1955 c.379 §4; 1969 c.132 §3; 1995 c.371 §3; 2007 c.281 §3]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-048-0125: Grower Licensure — authority
- OAR 603-048-0640: Cannabis Waste and Cannabis Disposal — authority
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 633.680 — resolved
- ORS 633.520 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 633.545: Labeling bins and bulk displays.
- ORS 633.550: Exemptions from labeling provisions.
- ORS 633.651: Prohibited acts.
- ORS 633.690: Quarantine of seed entering state; disposition of nonconforming seed.
- ORS 646.738: Exemption for negotiations governing price for sale of grass seed; supervision by Director of Agriculture; rules; fees.
- OAR 603-056-0105: Labeling of Seed Containers
- OAR 603-056-0431: Chemically Treated Seed
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.html