The duties of the Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee shall be to assist farmers and other purchasers of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seeds and seed dealers to ascertain and determine the validity of complaints made by seed purchasers against seed dealers and recommend the settlement and payment of monetary damages by seed dealers where such damages result from the failure of the seed to perform as represented or to conform to the description of the labeling on or accompanying the seed or seed containers. The committee may be called into session by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries at his discretion or upon the direction of the chairman or a majority of the committee members to consider complaints and other matters referred to it by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
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