Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.701
Michigan seed law; short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan seed law".
Michigan Compiled Laws — MICHIGAN SEED LAW (Act 329 of 1965)
Michigan · statute · 329 of 1965, Mich. Comp. Laws · 15 active provisions
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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.702
Definitions.
As used in this act: (1) "Person" means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, society, cooperative, union, or association. (2) "Sale or sell" means the act of transferring property for any consideration and includes the acts of offering, advertising, exposing, holding, or transporting for sale. (3) "Label"…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.703
Agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed container; label or tag; information.
Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed which is offered for sale for sowing purposes shall bear, or have attached to the container in a conspicuous place, a plainly printed or imprinted label or tag in the English language giving the information provided in sections 4 to 7. If the seed is distributed…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.704
Agricultural seed, mixtures of agricultural seed, and vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound; required information.
For agricultural seed and mixtures of agricultural seed, and for vegetable seed in containers of more than 1 pound, the following information is required: (a) The commonly accepted name of the kind, or kind and variety, of each agricultural or vegetable seed component in excess of 5% by weight of the whole and the perc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.705
Vegetable seed in containers of 1 pound or less and flower seed; required information; seed sold outside original container; treated vegetable and flower seed.
(1) For vegetable seed packed in containers of 1 pound or less, and flower seed packed in any containers, the following information is required: (a) The name of the kind and variety of each component. Notwithstanding the labeling requirement of this subdivision, flower seed may be labeled as to type and performance cha…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.706
Forest tree seed; required information.
For forest tree seed, the following information is required: (a) The common name of the species, and the subspecies if appropriate. (b) The scientific name of the genus and species, and the subspecies if appropriate. (c) The lot number or other lot identification. (d) For seed collected from a predominantly indigenous…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.707
Seed treated with substance harmful to vertebrate animals; color; label information; description of treated seed not harmful to vertebrate animals.
(1) Seed that has been treated with an irritating or poisonous substance, harmful to human or other vertebrate animals, shall be colored or dyed a color contrasting with the natural color of the seed, and shall be labeled with the following information: (a) A warning statement in 8-point or larger type that the seed ha…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.707a
Field beans.
(1) Field bean seed produced east of a line dividing the central and mountain time zones and sold or offered for sale in Michigan, including seed offered for sale by its producer, shall be field inspected and laboratory tested for seed borne diseases including, but not limited to, common blight (Xanthomonas phaseoli),…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.708
Correction of erroneous or unlawful seed labels; removal of seed from sale; obtaining and replacing labels.
Seed labels, when found to be in error, shall be replaced by new, correct labels. Whenever, by examination of the label or by sampling and testing of the seed or by other dependable information, the label on any container of seed is found to be unlawful or to be in error beyond the limits of tolerance allowed by law, t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.709
Seed; circumstances prohibiting selling, offering for sale, advertising, exposing, or transporting for sale; prohibited conduct.
(1) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, advertise, expose, or transport for sale in this state any of the seed subject to this act if any 1 or more of the following circumstances exist: (a) The seed is not labeled in accordance with this act, or has a false or misleading label. (b) The test to determine the percen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.710
Applicability of MCL 286.703.
Section 3 does not apply to the following: (a) Seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes. (b) Seed stored in, transported to, or consigned to, a conditioning establishment for conditioning if the invoice or label accompanying the shipment of the seed bears the statement "seed for conditioning". However, any labeli…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.711
Duties of director; field bean seeds inspections and analyses performed by person or agency; liability; "rule" defined.
(1) The director shall administer and enforce this act. The director may maintain a seed testing laboratory and facilities with all necessary equipment and analysts, inspectors, assistants, and other personnel necessary for proper enforcement of this act. The director may incur expenses as necessary to implement this a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.711a
Field bean advisory committee.
(1) There is created a field bean advisory committee within the department of agriculture. The committee shall review the standards, tolerances, methods, procedures, and protocols to be used by the department as well as standards utilized in other states and provinces and advise the director of its findings. (2) Member…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.714
Prohibition or regulation of labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or planting of certain seeds; ordinances by local government prohibited; exceptions.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a local unit of government shall not adopt, maintain, or enforce an ordinance that prohibits or regulates the labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, use, or planting of agricultural seeds, vegetable seeds, flower seeds, turf grass seeds, or forest tree s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.715
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; stop sale order; appeal; hearing; seizure of seed; condemnation of seed; application for release of seed or permission to condition or relabel seed; temporary or permanent injunction; bond not required.
(1) A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $2,000.00 for each offense, or, by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. (2) The director may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale order to the owner or custodian of any lot of seed th…