PART 3 Marketing seed

Packaging and sealing16

1

All seed, other than loose sales (for which see Part 5 of Schedule 3) must be supplied in a sealed package by a person licensed to do so under regulation 20.

2

The packaged seed must be in homogeneous lots.

3

A package must be sealed by or under the supervision of a licensed seed sampler.

4

A package must either have a non-re-useable sealing system or be sealed in such a manner that opening the package—

a

damages the sealing system; or

b

leaves evidence of tampering on either the label or the package.

5

If a package is opened other than by the final consumer it must be re-labelled and re-sealed by or under the supervision of a licensed seed sampler, and the fact of resealing, the most recent date of resealing and the authority responsible for it must be stated on the label.

6

This regulation does not apply in relation to the marketing of small packages of seed as defined in Schedule 3.