7 CFR § 97.600 - Administrative provisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s97.600"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 97.600 - Administrative provisions."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "97.600"
section_name: "Administrative provisions."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321"
regulatory_source: "58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "97"
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# 97.600 Administrative provisions.

Any proceedings instituted under section 128 of the Act for false marking shall be conducted in accordance with §§ 202.10 through 202.29 of this chapter (rules of practice under the Federal Seed Act) (7 U.S.C. 1551 *et seq.*), except that all references in those rules and regulations to “Examiner” shall be construed to be an Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and not an “Examiner” as defined in the regulations under the Plant Variety Protection Act.