Plant Improvement Act, 2018 (Act No. 11 of 2018)RegulationsRegulations made in terms of the Plant Improvement Act, 2018Chapter IV: Conditions for Sale of Plants and Propagating Material29. Marking and labelling of seed which is not certified |
| (1) | A container in which seed referred to in regulations 27 and 25, which is not certified or prepacked, is sold, must be marked in dearly legible symbols, letters and figures with, or be furnished with a label on which is likewise indicated— |
| (a) | the scientific and/or common name, as indicated in Table 1, of the kind of plant to which such seed belongs; |
| (b) | the denomination of the variety to which such seed belongs stipulated in terms of section 22(1)(a) and (b) of the Act; |
| (c) | the lot number of such seed; |
| (d) | the words "Percentage Germination" or "Percentage Viability", where applicable, followed by the group within which the actual percentage germination or the actual percentage viability, where applicable, of such seed falls, which shall be expressed as— |
| (i) | 10 - 19 or 15-19 in the case of Digitaria eriantha Steud, only; |
| (ii) | 20 - 29; |
| (iii) | 30 - 39; |
| (iv) | 40 - 49; |
| (v) | 50 - 59; |
| (vi) | 60 - 69; |
| (vii) | 70 - 79; |
| (viii) | 80 - 89; and |
| (ix) | 90 - 100; |
| (e) | in the case of Chloris gayana Kunth where germination is alternatively determined by the weighed replicate method, germination shall be expressed as the number of normal seedlings per weight (kg); and |
| (f) | the name and address of the premises where such seed is sold: Provided that where such seed is resold, the name and address of the premises from which it was obtained, may also, or instead thereof, be indicated. |
| (2) | In addition to the information referred to in subregulation (1)— |
| (a) | the wording on the container in which seed is sold or on the label attached to such container must comply with the requirements relating to seed, as prescribed in terms of other relevant national legislation; |
| (b) | notwithstanding the previsions of subregulation (a) of regulation 27, the words "Percentage pure seed" followed by the actual percentage pure seed in such seed, if the percentage pure seed in such seed is 97 or Jess; |
| (c) | the number of pure units of coated seed per mass unit shall also, in the case of coated seed, be indicated on a container in which seed is sold, or on a label attached to such container; and |
| (d) | the word "Hybrid" may only be indicated on a container in which seed is sold, or on a label attached to such container, if the seed in that container consists of at least 90 per cent hybrid seed of the variety concerned. |
| (3) | The word "certified" may not be used in relation to seed that has not been produced and certified in terms of a scheme contemplated in section 45 of the Act. |