Ohio Revised Code Chapter 907 - Agricultural Seed

• Section 907.01 - Agricultural Seed Certification And Labeling Definitions.
  As used in sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advertisement" means any representation, other than that on a label, disseminated in...
• Section 907.02 - Certification By Ohio Seed Improvement Association.
  (A) The Ohio seed improvement association shall certify for Ohio agricultural , vegetable, or flower seed, tubers for seeding purposes, or plants for varietal...
• Section 907.03 - Label Requirements For Containers Of Agricultural Or Vegetable Seed.
  (A) Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is sold for sowing purposes shall bear on it or have attached to it...
• Section 907.04 - Record Maintenance.
  (A) Any person who holds a valid seed labeler permit issued under section 907.13 of the Revised Code and who sells agricultural, vegetable, or...
• Section 907.05 - Seed Subject To Labeling And Inspection Fee Requirements.
  All of the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops sold by variety name or as processed or tested is subject to the...
• Section 907.06 - Words Prohibited Which Imply State Guarantees.
  "State tested" or "state" or the name of the department of agriculture or the state seed laboratory shall not be used in connection with...
• Section 907.07 - Labeling And Inspection Fee Requirements.
  No person shall sell any agricultural , vegetable, or flower seed: (A) Unless the test used to determine the information concerning the seed's percentage...
• Section 907.08 - Labeling, Advertising, Handling And Sales Restrictions.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Detach, alter, deface, conceal, or destroy any label required by sections 907.01 to 907.17 of...
• Section 907.081 - Advertising Claims.
  Any person who disseminates, with the intention of inducing a sale, any advertisement or makes any claim concerning the vigor, vitality, growth, yield capability,...
• Section 907.09 - Exceptions.
  (A) Sections 907.03, 907.07, and 907.08 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (1) Agricultural , vegetable, or flower seed not intended for...
• Section 907.10 - Enforcement - Inspection And Analysis Of Seed.
  The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed sold for sowing...
• Section 907.11 - Enforcement Powers Of Director.
  The director of agriculture or the director's authorized agent may: (A) Enter any public or private place of business during regular business hours in...
• Section 907.111 - Sole Authority Of Department To Regulate Seed Within State.
  (A) The department of agriculture has sole and exclusive authority to regulate the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, and...
• Section 907.12 - Seed Subject To Seizure - Disposition.
  Any lot of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed not in compliance with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code shall be subject to...
• Section 907.13 - Seed Inspection Fee Tags Or Labels.
  No person shall label agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is intended for sale in this state unless the person holds a valid seed...
• Section 907.14 - Report Of Seed Sales.
  (A) A person who holds a valid seed labeler permit issued under section 907.13 of the Revised Code shall report to the director of...
• Section 907.15 - Suspension, Revocation, Or Refusal To Issue Permit To Label Seed.
  The director of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a permit to label seed for any violation of sections 907.01 to 907.17...
• Section 907.16 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
• Section 907.17 - Jurisdiction.
  Whenever the director of agriculture finds that any person has violated sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code, he may institute proceedings in...
• Section 907.18 To 907.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1966
• Section 907.27 - Inoculants And Inoculant Treated Seed Definitions.
  As used in sections 907.27 to 907.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association....
• Section 907.28 - Registration Of Brand Of Legume Inoculants.
  No person shall manufacture or distribute any type of legume inoculant or pre-inoculated seeds in this state until the person has registered the brand...
• Section 907.29 - Label Information.
  (A) Each container of legume inoculant culture which is distributed in this state shall bear thereon or have attached thereto in a conspicuous place...
• Section 907.30 - Legume Inoculator's License.
  (A) No person shall apply legume inoculants to seed for sale in this state for others or to a customer's order unless the person...
• Section 907.31 - Registration And Inspection Fees.
  Any person who submits an application for the registration of a brand of legume inoculant shall pay annually, prior to the first day of...
• Section 907.32 - Enforcement Powers Of Director.
  The director of agriculture may: (A) Refuse to register a brand of legume inoculant or he may cancel a registration that previously has been...
• Section 907.33 - Regulations.
  The director of agriculture, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may promulgate, adopt, and enforce regulations to carry into...
• Section 907.34 - Prohibited Acts.
  No person shall violate sections 907.27 to 907.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule, regulation, or order of the director of agriculture...
• Section 907.35 - Prosecutions.
  When the director of agriculture finds that any person has violated sections 907.27 to 907.35 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted thereunder,...
• Section 907.41 - Coloration Of Seed Or Grain Definitions.
  As used in sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Grain" means whole seeds or entire grains or any altered form...
• Section 907.42 - Poisonous Seed Treatment Material Standards.
  No person shall sell, distribute, or have in the person's possession for sale, a poisonous seed treatment material in the state unless the material...
• Section 907.43 - Coloring And Dyeing Of Grain And Seed Treatment Material.
  The director of agriculture, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards or specifications...
• Section 907.44 - Exceptions.
  No person shall sell, distribute, or have in his possession for sale any seed or grain which has been treated with a poisonous material...
• Section 907.45 - Label Information.
  No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or exchange any seed or grain which has been treated with a poisonous material, or which...
• Section 907.46 - Misrepresenting Seed As Treated Seed.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale, in this state, seed represented by labeling, advertising, or distinctive coloration, to have been treated, unless...
• Section 907.47 - Inspection And Testing Authority Of Director.
  The director of agriculture may: (A) Inspect, take samples, analyze, and test any seed treatment material, seed, or grain offered for sale in this...
• Section 907.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates sections 907.01 to 907.17, 907.27 to 907.35, or 907.41 to 907.47 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016