The Beet Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Official label for a package of Basic Seed or Certified Seed

5.  The official label for a package of Basic Seed or Certified Seed shall—

(a) be affixed on the outside of the package and have not previously been used and shall subject to sub paragraph (b), contain the following information:—

(i) the words “EC rules and standards” ;

(ii) certifying authority and EEA State or their commonly used initials;

(iii) month and year of sealing or the month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification, expressed respectively as follows—

(aa) by the word “Sealed” followed by the month and year of sealing; or

(bb) by the word “Sampled” followed by the month and year of official sampling;

(iv) reference number of the seed lot;

(v) species;

(vi) variety;

(vii) category;

(viii) country of production;

(ix) declared net or gross weight or declared number of clusters or pure seeds;

(x) where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight;

(xi) for monogerm seed, the word ‘monogerm’;

(xii) for precision seed, the word ‘precision’; and

(xiii) where at least germination has been retested, the word “Retested” followed by the month and year of retesting and the service responsible for such retesting;

(b) not contain the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(xiii) if that information is given on an official sticker attached to the official label;

(c) be a minimum size of 110 millimetres by 67 millimetres;

(d) be coloured—

(i) white for Basic Seed;

(ii) blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation; and

(iii) red for Certified Seed of the Second Generation;

(e) be either an adhesive label or a label secured to the package by a sealing system approved by the Scottish Ministers and shall be affixed, in either case, by the Scottish Ministers or by a licensed seed sampler; and

(f) where a breeder’s confirmation has been applied for, be

(i) either an adhesive label or a label secured to the package by a sealing system approved by the Scottish Ministers;

(ii) affixed, in either case, by the Scottish Ministers or by a licensed seed sampler; and

(iii) overstamped “NOT CERTIFIED”.