§150-25  Vegetable seed; labels.  Eachcontainer of vegetable seed that is sold or offered for sale within the Statefor planting purposes shall bear or have attached, in a conspicuous place, aplainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, giving thefollowing information:

(1)  Name of kind and variety of seed.

(2)  For seed which germinates less than the standardestablished by rules of the department:

(A)  Percentage of germination, exclusive ofhard seed.

(B)  Percentage of hard seed, if present.

(C)  The calendar month and year the test wascompleted to determine the percentages.

(D)  The words "below standard" innot less than eight-point type.

(3)  Name and address of the person who labeled theseed or who sells, offers, or exposes the seed for sale within the State.

The department, by rule, may require additionalinformation on the label or tag for vegetable seed that is packaged orprocessed, such as pelleted or coated seed, and sold in specialized containerssuch as packets, hermetically sealed containers, tapes, or any other innovativemethod or container. [L 1945, c 90, pt of §2; RL 1955, §26-9; am L Sp 1959 2d,c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §150-25; am L 1979, c 87, §3; am L 1987, c164, §7; am L 1991, c 73, §5]