Effective: July 17, 2009
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
No person shall label agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is intended for sale in this state unless the person holds a valid seed labeler permit that has been issued by the director of agriculture in accordance with this section.
A person who wishes to obtain a seed labeler permit shall file an application with the director on a form that the director provides and shall submit a permit fee in the amount of ten dollars. Such a person who labels seed under more than one name or at more than one address shall obtain a separate seed labeler permit and pay a separate permit fee for each name and address.
The applicant shall include the applicant's full name and address on the application together with any additional information that the director requires by rules adopted under section 907.10 of the Revised Code. If the applicant's address is not within this state or it does not represent a location in this state where the director can collect samples of the applicant's seed for analysis, then the applicant shall include on the application an address within this state where samples of the applicant's seed may be collected for those purposes or shall agree to provide the director or the director's authorized representative with seeds for sampling upon request.
Upon receipt of a complete application accompanied by the ten-dollar permit fee, the director shall issue a seed labeler's permit to the applicant. All seed labeler permits that are issued under this section shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year regardless of the date on which a permit was issued during that year.
Each person who obtains a seed labeler permit shall label the seed that the person intends for sale in this state in accordance with the requirements established in sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code. Each person who holds a valid seed labeler permit shall keep the permit posted in a conspicuous place in the principal seed room from which the person sells seed and shall comply with the reporting and fee requirements that are established in section 907.14 of the Revised Code.
All money collected under this section shall be credited to the commercial feed and seed fund created in section 923.46 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 907 | Agricultural Seed
Section 907.01 | Agricultural Seed Certification and Labeling Definitions.
Section 907.02 | Certification by Ohio Seed Improvement Association.
Section 907.03 | Label Requirements for Containers of Agricultural or Vegetable Seed.
Section 907.04 | Record Maintenance.
Section 907.05 | Seed Subject to Labeling and Inspection Fee Requirements.
Section 907.06 | Words Prohibited Which Imply State Guarantees.
Section 907.07 | Labeling and Inspection Fee Requirements.
Section 907.08 | Labeling, Advertising, Handling and Sales Restrictions.
Section 907.081 | Advertising Claims.
Section 907.10 | Enforcement - Inspection and Analysis of Seed.
Section 907.11 | Enforcement Powers of Director.
Section 907.111 | Sole Authority of Department to Regulate Seed Within State.
Section 907.12 | Seed Subject to Seizure - Disposition.
Section 907.13 | Seed Inspection Fee Tags or Labels.
Section 907.14 | Report of Seed Sales.
Section 907.15 | Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Issue Permit to Label Seed.
Section 907.17 | Jurisdiction.
Section 907.27 | Inoculants and Inoculant Treated Seed Definitions.
Section 907.28 | Registration of Brand of Legume Inoculants.
Section 907.29 | Label Information.
Section 907.30 | Legume Inoculator's License.
Section 907.31 | Registration and Inspection Fees.
Section 907.32 | Enforcement Powers of Director.
Section 907.34 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 907.35 | Prosecutions.
Section 907.41 | Coloration of Seed or Grain Definitions.
Section 907.42 | Poisonous Seed Treatment Material Standards.
Section 907.43 | Coloring and Dyeing of Grain and Seed Treatment Material.
Section 907.45 | Label Information.
Section 907.46 | Misrepresenting Seed as Treated Seed.
Section 907.47 | Inspection and Testing Authority of Director.