S 3456 · 95th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A bill to amend the Federal Seed Act.

Introduced 1978-08-24· Sponsored by Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.(1978-08-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Federal Seed Act to delete the list of noxious-weed seeds and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish by regulation the kinds of weed seeds that would be considered noxious when occurring in imported seed. Deletes the definition of seed "type". Revises the definition of "pure-live seed." Prohibits the shipment of agricultural and of lawn and turf seed into a State if the seed contains weed seeds in excess of the percentage permitted by State law. Requires labeling the rate of occurrence of noxious-weed seeds in vegetable seeds, and prohibits certain noxious-weed seeds in packages of one pound or more. Removes, with respect to interstate commerce and to importation in foreign commerce, the requirement for labeling treated seed when the seed bears only nontoxic amounts of substances (or no substance at all) and is within the tolerances recognized by regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for food or feed. Requires the distinctive coloring of any seed which does bear a harmful substance. Exempts from existing detailed labeling requirements seed shipped between branches of the same wholesale seed company, if the invoice or records accom…

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