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Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Establishments, Varieties, Plants and Propagating Material

Chapter VIII : Marking and labelling of plants and propagating material

38. Marking and labelling of prepacked seed

 

(1) A container in which seed referred to in regulation 25, which has been prepacked, is sold, shall be marked in clearly legible symbols, letters and figures with, or be furnished with a label on which is likewise indicated—
(a) the particulars referred to in regulation 36(1)(a), (b) and (c) and (2)(a), (b) and (e);
(b) the name and address of the establishment where such seed was prepacked; and
(c) the words "Prepacked Seed" or the words "Voorafverpakte Saad" if the net mass of the seed in the container concerned exceeds the mass specified in column 11 of Table 4 or if the number of seeds in the container concerned exceeds the number of seeds specified in column 12 of Table 4 opposite the name of the kind of plant concerned.

[Regulation 38(1)(c) substituted by Notice No. R. 770 of 4 August 2006]

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1) an indication relating to percentage germination, percentage viability, the actual percentage pure seed or the number of normal seedlings per weight (kg) may appear on a container in which prepacked seed is sold or on a label attached to such container: Provided that the date on which seed has been tested shall be marked in clearly legible letters on the container or on the label.

[Regulation 38(2) substituted Notice No. R. 770 of 4 August 2006]

 

(3) If such seed is certified, the words "South African Certified Seed" or "Suid-Afrikaanse Gesertifiseerde Saad" and the number of the certificate issued in respect of the propagating material in the lot concerned shall be furnished if the net mass of the seed in the container concerned exceeds the mass specified in column 11 of Table 4 or if the number of seeds in the container concerned exceeds the number of seeds specified in column 12 of Table 4 opposite the name of the kind of plant concerned.

[Regulation 38(3) substituted by Notice No. R. 770 of 4 August 2006]