The Fodder Plant Seeds (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment to Schedule 8

10.  In Schedule 8 (labelling) after Part 9 insert—

“PART 10 Labelling of packages of seed of a preservation mixture

48.— (1) The package must be labelled, not later than the time of sealing, on the outside with a supplier’s label, or a printed or stamped notice, containing the following particulars—

(a) the words ‘EU rules and standards’;

(b) name and address of the person responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark;

(c) harvesting method: whether directly harvested preservation mixture or crop-grown;

(d) year of the sealing expressed as: ‘sealed…’ (year);

(e) region of origin;

(f) source area;

(g) collection site;

(h) habitat type of the collection site;

(i) the words ‘preservation fodder plant seed mixture, intended for use in an area of the same habitat type as the collection site, not considering the biotic conditions’;

(j) reference number of the lot given by the person responsible for affixing the labels;

(k) the percentage by weight of the components as species and, where relevant, subspecies;

(l) declared net or gross weight;

(m) where granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of clusters or pure seeds and the total weight shall be indicated; and

(n) in the case of crop-grown preservation mixtures, a specific germination rate for components of the mixture covered by the Fodder Plant Seed Directive which do not comply with the germination requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive.

(2)  As regards regulation 1(k), it shall suffice to indicate the components of directly harvested preservation mixture as provided for regulation (4A)(2).

(3)  As regards regulation 1(n), it shall suffice to indicate an average of these required specific germination rates in case the number of required specific germination rates is more than five.”