Florida Statutes Title XXXV Chapter 578 - Seed
- 578.001 - Short Title.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Florida Seed Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 20251, 1941; s. 1, ch. 21942, 1943; s. 1, ch. 22694,...
- 578.011 - Definitions; Florida Seed Law.
When used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Advertisement” means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating...
- 578.08 - Registrations.
(1) Every person, except as provided in subsection (4) and s. 578.14, before selling, distributing for sale, offering for sale, exposing for sale, handling for sale,...
- 578.09 - Label Requirements.
Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or distributed for sale within this state for sowing or...
- 578.091 - Forest Tree Seed.
(1) Each container of forest tree seed which is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or transported within this state for sowing purposes shall bear...
- 578.10 - Exemptions.
(1) The provisions of s. 578.13 shall not apply to any common carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary...
- 578.11 - Duties, Authority, And Rules Of The Department.
(1) The duty of administering this law and enforcing its provisions and requirements shall be vested in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is...
- 578.12 - Stop-sale, Stop-use, Removal, Or Hold Orders.
When agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed is being offered or exposed for sale or held in violation of any of the provisions of...
- 578.13 - Prohibitions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, distribute for sale, offer for sale, expose for sale, handle for sale, or solicit orders for...
- 578.14 - Packet Vegetable And Flower Seed.
When vegetable or flower seed are sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in packets of less than 8 ounces, the company who packs...
- 578.181 - Penalties; Administrative Fine.
(1) The department may enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties against a person who violates this chapter or the rules adopted...
- 578.22 - Disposition Of Fees Collected.
All fees required and collected as provided in this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Inspection Trust...
- 578.23 - Dealers’ Records To Be Kept Available.
Every seed dealer shall make and keep for a period of 3 years satisfactory records of all agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed bought...
- 578.24 - Mixed Varieties Of Seed Oats Prohibited.
Oats consisting of mixed varieties shall not be sold for planting purposes in this state unless permitted by regulation promulgated by the department upon recommendation...
- 578.25 - Use Of Disclaimer Clause.
The use of a disclaimer or nonwarranty clause in any invoice, advertising, labeling, or written, printed, or graphic matter pertaining to any seed shall not...
- 578.26 - Complaint, Investigation, Hearings, Findings, And Recommendation Prerequisite To Legal Action.
(1)(a) When any farmer is damaged by the failure of agricultural, vegetable, flower, or forest tree seed to produce or perform as represented by the label...
- 578.27 - Seed Investigation And Conciliation Council; Composition; Purpose; Meetings; Duties; Expenses.
(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint a seed investigation and conciliation council composed of seven members and seven alternate members, one member and one alternate...
- 578.28 - Seed In Hermetically Sealed Containers.
The period of validity of germination tests is extended to the following periods for seed packaged in hermetically sealed containers, under conditions and label requirements...
Last modified: September 23, 2016