7 CFR § 201.20 - Germination

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title: "7 CFR § 201.20 - Germination"
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "201.20"
section_name: "Germination"
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL SEED ACT"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "FEDERAL SEED ACT REQUIREMENTS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1592."
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# 201.20 Germination

The label shall show the percentage of germination for each kind, kind and variety, kind and type, or kind and hybrid of agricultural seed comprising more than 5 percent of the whole. The label shall show the percentage of germination for each kind, kind and variety, kind and type, or kind and hybrid of agricultural seed comprising 5 percent of the whole or less if the seed is identified individually on the label.

[85 FR 40579, July 7, 2020]