4-16-10 - False or misleading advertising with respect to seed quality prohibited.
4-16-10. False or misleading advertising with respect to seed quality prohibited.
Unless agricultural, vegetable, flower, or tree and shrub seeds or seeds for sprouting sold,advertised, or exposed or offered for sale in this state for propagation or planting have beenregistered or certified by an officially recognized seed certifying agency approved and accreditedin this state, a person may not:
(1) use orally or in writing:
(a) the term "foundation," "registered," or "certified" seed along with other words; or
(b) any other term or form of words which suggests that the seed has been certified orregistered by an inspection agency duly authorized by any state, or that there has been registrationor certification, or either; or
(2) use any tags similar to registration or certification tags.
Amended by Chapter 81, 1997 General Session