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PUBLIC LAW 86-68 1-AUG. 1, 1968

" (i) Any agricultural seeds or any mixture thereof or any vegetable seedfe or any mixture thereof, for seeding purposes, that have been treated, unless each container thereof bears a label giving the following information and statements in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed under section 402 of this Act: "(1) A word or statement indicating that the seeds have been treated; "(2) The commonly accepted coined, chemical (generic), or abbreviated chemical name of any substance used in such treatment; " (3) If the substance used in such treatment in the amount remaining with the seeds is harmful to humans or other vertebrate animals, an appropriate caution statement approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as adequate for the protection of the public, such as 'Do not use for food or feed or oil purposes': Provided, That the caution statement for mecurials and similarly toxic substances, as defined in said rules and regulations, shall be a representation of a skull and crossbones and a statement such as 'This seed has been treated with P O I S O N ', in red letters on a background of distinctly contrasting color; and "(4) A description of any process used in such treatment, approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as adequate for the protection of the public." SEC. 9. Section 202 of said Act (7 U.S.C. 1572) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 202. All persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, agricultural seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of origin, germination, and purity of each lot of such agricultural seedsj and all persons transporting, or delivering for transportation, in interstate commerce, vegetable seeds shall keep for a period of three years a complete record of germination and variety of such vegetable seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized agents, shall have the right to inspect such records for the purpose of the effective administration of this Act." SEC. 10. (a) That part of section 203(b) of said Act (7 U.S.C. 1573 (b)) which precedes clause (1) is amended to read as follows: "(b) The provisions of section 201(a), (b), or (i) shall not apply—" (b) Clause (2) of such section 203(b) is amended to read as follows: "(2) to seed intended for seeding purposes when transported or offered for transportation in interstate commerce— " (A) if in bulk, in which case, however, the invoice or other records accompanying and pertaining to such seed shall bear the various statements required for the respective seeds under sections 201(a), (b), and (i); or " (B) if in containers and in quantities of twenty thousand pounds or more: Provided, That (i) the omission from each container of the information required under sections 201(a), (b), and (i) is with the knowledge and consent of the consignee prior to the transportation or delivery for transportation of such seed in interstate commerce, (ii) each container shall have stenciled upon it or bear a label containing a lot designation, and (iii) the invoice or other records accompanying and pertaining to such seed shall bear the various statements required for the respective seeds under sections 201 (a), (b), and (i); or

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