Certified seed definition

Certified seed means foundation and registered seed handled under procedures acceptable to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to maintain satisfactory genetic purity and identity as defined according to the standards of the official seed certification agency having jurisdiction in the area of production.

Certified seed means seed produced from plants grown directly from FOUNDATION SEED or REGISTERED SEED, cultivated according to certification regulations and that meets the specifications of the official seed certifying agency of the jurisdiction in which the seed is/was produced.

Certified seed means seed for which a certificate or any other instrument has been issued by an agency authorized under the laws of a state, territory, or possession to officially certify seed and that has standards and procedures approved by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to assure the genetic purity and identity of the seed certified.

Examples of Certified seed in a sentence

• Certified seed is seed inspected by the Virginia Crop Improvement Association or a similar agency in another state and must meet published state standards and bear an official "Certified Seed" label.

• Certified seed pota- toes shall include only those potatoes which are officially certified and tagged as seed potatoes by the Plant Health and Production Division, Plant Products Directorate, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and which are sub- sequently used as seed.

• Certified seed is aclass of certified seed which is the progeny of Breeder, Foundation, or Registered seed, except as provided in§ 201.70, and is produced and handled under procedures established by the certifying agency, in accordance with this part, for producing the Certified class of seed, for the purpose of main- taining genetic purity and identity.

• Certified seed potatoes means and in- cludes all potatoes officially certified and tagged, marked, or otherwise ap- propriately identified, under the super- vision of the official seed potato certi- fying agency of the State in which the potatoes are grown, or other seed cer- tification agencies which the Secretary may designate.

• On August 9, 2013, a notice announcing North Dakota’s Underground Injection Control Program Revision was published in the Federal Register (78 FR 48639) and in the Bismarck Tribune.

More Definitions of Certified seed

Certified seed means industrial hemp seed that has been

Certified seed means seed that has been produced from pre-basic, basic or preceding generations of certified seed, and which has been found by means of official certification, or certification under official supervision, to satisfy the respective conditions laid down in Part A of Annex II;

Certified seed means seed

Certified seed means industrial hemp seed that has been certified as having no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted by federal law under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 11 et seq.;

Certified seed means industrial hemp seed, including

Certified seed means seed that fulfils all requirements for certification provided by the Act and these rules and to the container of which the certification tag is attached;

Certified seed means any prescribed seed which is certified under the provisions of Part VIII;