What Canada Seeds Act: Seed Standards, Variety Registration and Grade-Name Controls requires
The Seeds Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. S-8) is Canada's federal statute regulating the quality, labelling and sale of agricultural seed, administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Section 2 defines 'seed' (any plant part of any species belonging to the plant kingdom, represented, sold or used to grow a plant), 'sell' (including to agree to sell, or to offer, keep, expose, transmit, send, convey or deliver for sale) and 'grade name' (including any mark, description or designation of a grade). The principal prohibition in section 3(1) provides that no person shall sell, import into Canada or export seed unless it conforms to the prescribed standard and is marked, packed and labelled as prescribed, and unless the seed variety is registered in the prescribed manner where registration is required. Section 3(2) prohibits selling seed under a grade name so closely resembling an established grade name as to be likely to be mistaken for it. Inspectors appointed under the Act may enter any place, open any package, examine seed and take samples, and remove things for examination (sections 5-6); it is prohibited to obstruct or hinder an inspector (section 7(1)); and inspectors may seize seed where a contravention is believed, with courts empowered to order forfeiture of seized seed following a conviction or finding of violation (section 8). Offences are punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for up to six months, or both, and on indictment by a fine not exceeding $250,000 or imprisonment for up to two years, or both (section 9). The Governor in Council may make regulations establishing grades, prescribing standards, setting packing and labelling requirements, and regulating importation and exportation (section 4(1)).
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: Parliament of Canada / Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/S-8/FullText.html
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- Seeds Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-8, Section 2 - definitions of seed, sell and grade name.
- Seeds Act, Section 3(1) - prohibition on selling, importing or exporting seed unless it conforms to the prescribed standard, is marked, packed and labelled as prescribed, and the variety is registered in the prescribed manner where required.
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