The labeling for agricultural and vegetable hybrid seed that contains less than ninety-five percent hybrid seed must include the following:
- (1) The lot number or other lot identification.
- (2) The origin state or foreign country, if known. If the origin is not known, that fact must be stated.
- (3) The kind or variety labeled as "hybrid" except that varieties in which pure seed contain less than seventy-five percent hybrid seed may not be labeled as hybrids.
- (4) The percent which is hybrid labeled parenthetically in direct association following named variety; i.e., Comet (eighty-five percent hybrid).
- (5) The calendar month and year of a germination test of pure live seed or the year in which the seed was packaged.
- (6) The percentage by weight of inert matter.
- (7) The percentage, by weight, of all weed seeds present. The maximum weed seed content may not exceed two percent by weight.
- (8) The name and address of the person who labels seed, or sells, offers, or exposes the seed for sale within this state.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. WSR 00-24-077, § 16-301-035, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]