Washington, DC, USA
May 26, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Allied Seed LLC, a seed company operating out of Nampa, Idaho, has paid $2,600 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.

This settlement resolves three cases that involved one shipment of annual ryegrass and one shipment of ladino clover to Georgia and one shipment of red clover to Missouri. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were as follows:

-false labeling as to percentage of germination;
-false labeling as to the presence of noxious-weed seed; and
-failure to test for germination, prior to interstate shipment.

AMS administers the Federal Seed Act with the assistance of state seed officials. The investigation was completed through the joint efforts of AMS and seed regulatory officials in Georgia and Missouri. The Federal Seed Act is a truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers who buy seed.
 

Website: http://www.ams.usda.gov

Published: May 26, 2011