 So in original. Probably should be “section”.

1571(a) and (b) of this title relative to the labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds with the percentages of the kind or kind and variety of seeds shall not be deemed violated if there are seeds in the container or bulk which could not be, or were not, identified because of their indistinguishability in appearance from the seeds intended to be transported or delivered for transportation in interstate commerce:

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1966—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–686, § 12(a), substituted “the kind or kind and variety of seeds”, “if there are seeds”, “: Provided, That”, and “reasonable precautions to insure the identity of the seed to be that stated” for “the kind or variety or type of seeds”, “if there be other seeds”, “, provided that”, and “proper precautions to insure the identity to be that stated”, respectively.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89–686, § 12(b), added subsec. (e).

1958—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–581 inserted references to section 1571(i) of this title and eased labeling requirements with respect to shipment of seed in containers and in quantities of twenty thousand pounds or more.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.