The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993

C.    Official Label for a Package of Basic Seed, Certified Seed or Certified Seed of the First and Second Generations

(a) Prescribed contents

1.

“EEC rules and standards”

2.

Certifying Authority and Member State or their mark

3.

Reference number of the lot

4.

Month and year when officially sealed

5.

Kind

6.

Variety

7.

Category

8.

Country of production

9.

Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds

10.

Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of seed and the total weight

11.

For Certified Seed of the Second Generation and subsequent generations from Basic Seed: number of generations from Basic Seed

12.

For seeds of grass varieties, in respect of which no official examination of their value for cultivation and use has been carried out: “Not intended for fodder production”

(b) Minimum size of label—110 mm × 67 mm

(c) The label shall be coloured white for Basic Seed, blue for Certified Seed and Certified Seed of the First Generation and red for Certified Seed of the Second Generation.