7 CFR § 97.900 - Form of official identification symbol.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s97.900"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 97.900 - Form of official identification symbol."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "97.900"
section_name: "Form of official identification symbol."
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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# 97.900 Form of official identification symbol.

The symbol set forth in Figure 1, containing the words “Plant Variety Protection Office” and “U.S. Department of Agriculture,” shall be the official identification symbol of the Plant Variety Protection Office. This information symbol, used by the Plant Variety Protection Office on the seal on certificates of Plant Variety Protection, has been approved by the Office of Communications to be added to the USDA/AMS inventory of symbols. It is approved for use with AMS materials.

[65 FR 47244, Aug. 2, 2000]