Washington, DC, USA
November 10, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that ProSeed Marketing Inc., a seed company operating out of Jefferson, Ore., has paid $1,350 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.

This settlement resolves two cases that involved one shipment of red clover to Vermont and one shipment of tall fescue to Georgia. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were as follows:

• false labeling as to pure seed, and inert matter; and
• false labeling as to the presence of noxious-weed seed;

AMS administers the Federal Seed Act with the assistance of state seed officials. The investigation was completed through the joint efforts of AMS and seed regulatory officials in Georgia and Vermont. The Federal Seed Act is a truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers who buy seed.
 

Website: http://www.ams.usda.gov

Published: November 10, 2010