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Seed Testing
14.—(1) Seed testing for the purposes of certification shall be conducted by an official seed
tester and seed analyst in accordance with section 12 of the Act.
(2) The samples to be tested in the seed laboratory shall be official samples drawn by a seed
inspector and submitted to an official seed tester together with Form SR 9 in Sixth Schedule, or
private samples submitted by farmers or private individuals to the seed testing laboratory.
(3) The official seed tester shall—
(a) test seeds in accordance with the international Seed Testing Association procedure for
seed testing upon payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in the Fifth Schedule by the merchant
or private individual submitting the seed for testing;
(b) record the results of the seed test on a certificate in SR 10A in Sixth Schedule in the case
of official samples or Form SR 10B in the Schedule in the case of private samples;
(c) state whether the tested seeds have met the minimum standards of germination capacity,
purity and health as set out in the Fourth Schedule and whether they are marketable;
(d) furnish the results of the seed testing to the seed merchant in a test certificate or to the
private individual as a test report;
(e) furnish a special report where the lot has been tested for unique seed health; and
(f) store the sample under optimal storage conditions for at least twelve months from the date
the test results certificate is issued.
Packing, Labelling and Sealing
15.—(1) Seed lots shall not be labelled or sealed before the official seed tester has released a
test result certificate, save in cases of early movement of seed.
(2) In case of early movement of seed, the seed merchant shall—
(a) prove that the seed lots passed all other tests;
(b) provide the purchaser with a written statement indicating that the seed lots is being
marketed prior to the release of official seed testing results;
(c) upon receipt of an order to stop sale in Form SR 11 in the Sixth Schedule, withdraw all
seed lots that have not reached the prescribed minimum standards of germination capacity.
(3) Certified seed lots which have met the prescribed minimum standards shall be packed in
bags or containers, securely closed, sealed by a seed inspector and labelled with a certification label
whose serial number shall be entered into the work order used in processing the seed.
(4) The certificate label referred to in paragraph (3) shall specify the—
(a) seed class;
KE011EN
Plant Variety, Regulations (Ch. 326), 01/01/1975 (1991)
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