New York Laws
Article 9 - Inspection and Sale of Seeds
138 - Prohibitions.

(1) To detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label provided for in
this article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or to
alter or substitute seed, in a manner that may defeat the purpose of
this article.
(2) To disseminate any false or misleading advertising concerning seed
in any manner or by any means.
(3) To hinder or obstruct in any way, any authorized person in the
performance of his duties under this article.
(4) To fail to comply with a "stop-sale" order.
(5) To use the word "type" in any labeling in connection with the name
of any seed.
(6) To move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held
under a "stop-sale" order or tags attached thereto, except with the
written permission of the enforcing officer, and for the purpose
specified therein.
(7) To sell, offer or expose for sale any color mixture of a single
kind of flower seed representing four or more colors or shades, in which
any one color or shade occurs in sixty per cent or more of the plants
which the mixture is capable of producing, unless colors or shades and
approximate percentage of each are indicated on the label.
(8) To sell, offer, or expose for sale a mixture of flower seed kinds
in which any one kind is present in excess, of twenty-five per cent by
seed count unless the kinds present and the approximate percentage of
each are indicated on the label.
(9) To use relabeling stickers without having both the calendar month
and year the germination test was completed, the sell by date and the

lot number that matches the existing, original lot number. A relabeling
may not occur more than one time.
(10) To sell, offer, or expose for sale agricultural seed more than
nine months from the date of the germination test, exclusive of the
month of the test.