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The label

Treated seed

By Dwight Davis, Founder

Updated

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Treatment disclosure has its own minimum type size and its own naming rules.

The basic requirement

Any agricultural or vegetable seed, or mixture, for seeding purposes that has been treated shall be labeled in type no smaller than 8 point to indicate that the seed has been treated and to show the name of any substance or a description of any process used in the treatment.

The form it takes

The rule gives the pattern: "Treated with ____" naming the substance or process, or "____ treated". Short, explicit, and not left to the labeler to phrase.

Which name to use

The commonly accepted coined, chemical or abbreviated chemical name. Coined names are free for general use and commonly recognized as naming a particular substance; the rule gives thiram and captan as examples, and calcium carbonate as a generic chemical name.

Biologicals name the organism or the brand

The label includes either the name of the genus and species or the brand name as identified on biological product labels. So a biological treatment is disclosed as specifically as a chemical one.

Where it may appear

On the tag bearing the analysis information, on a separate tag, or printed in a conspicuous manner on a side or top of the container. That flexibility matters for a small packet where the front panel is already full.

More statements if it is harmful

If the substance in the amount remaining with the seed is harmful to humans or other vertebrate animals, additional statements are required, and mercurials and similarly toxic substances have their own paragraph with stronger requirements.

Do not inherit a treatment claim

If you repackage treated seed, the disclosure is on your label and the substance name has to be right. That is information to get from the supplier in writing before packing, not afterwards.

References

7 CFR 201.31a, Labeling treated seed, which requires type no smaller than 8 point to indicate that the seed has been treated and to name the substance or process, with additional statements where the substance remaining with the seed is harmful to humans or other vertebrate animals. law.cornell.edu
7 U.S.C. 1571, the Federal Seed Act’s prohibited acts. Subsection (b) sets the label content for vegetable seed by container weight and by whether germination meets the established standard; subsection (c) sets the five-month test window and lets the Secretary designate a longer period for seed "packaged in such container materials and under such other conditions" as will maintain viability. law.cornell.edu
Written from federal statute and regulation, not from a seed bench. Every state also runs its own seed law, and the Federal Seed Act reaches interstate commerce, so a local sale can answer to a different set of requirements. Nothing here certifies a package as hermetically sealed; that is a question about the package and the sealing process.