Sec. 22-58. Exemptions.
Sec. 22-58. Exemptions. (a) The provisions of sections 22-56 and 22-57 shall not
apply (1) to seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes or (2) to seed in storage in,
or being transported, or consigned to, a seed-cleaning or processing establishment for
cleaning or processing, provided the invoice or labeling accompanying any shipment
of such seed bears the statement "seed for processing", and provided any labeling or
other representation made with respect to the unclean or unprocessed seed shall be
subject to this chapter, or (3) to any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered
for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier, provided such carrier
is not engaged in producing, processing or marketing agricultural or vegetable seeds
subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of this chapter for having sold or
offered or exposed for sale in this state any agricultural or vegetable seeds which were
incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety, type or origin, which seeds cannot
be identified by examination thereof, unless he has failed to obtain an invoice, bona fide
grower's declaration or other labeling information and to take such other precautions
as may be necessary to insure the identity to be that stated.
(1949 Rev., S. 3097; 1963, P.A. 75, S. 4.)
History: 1963 act exempted seed "being transported" in Subsec. (a)(2) and added proviso requiring that label state
"seed for processing" and added Subsec. (a)(3) exempting carriers from provisions and amended Subsec. (b) to require
"bona fide" grower's declaration "or other labeling information", deleting requirement that "kind, or kind and variety, or
kind and type, and origin, if required" be stated.