The Fodder Plant Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Marketing of unpacketed seed

18.  Subject to regulation 17(3) and (13) a person may sell any seed otherwise than in a package which is sealed, labelled, inscribed or otherwise dealt with in accordance with regulations 16 and 17 where–

(a) (i) in relation to species other than field peas and field beans the seed is sold in a quantity not exceeding 2 kilograms to the final consumer;

(ii) in relation to field peas and field beans the seed is sold in a quantity not exceeding 3 kilograms to the final consumer;

(iii) in relation to mixtures the seed is sold in a quantity not exceeding 7 kilograms to the final consumer; and

(b) the seed is taken, in the presence of the final consumer, from a container on which there is clearly and visibly marked, or near which there is clearly and visibly displayed, a statement containing particulars of the matters specified in paragraph 11 of Part IV of Schedule 6.