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Oregon firm pays $2,700 to settle seed case
Washington, DC
August 17, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today that OreGro Seeds Inc., a seed company operating out of Albany, Ore., has paid $2,700 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 a case which involved two shipments of annual ryegrass seed to Texas, two shipments of annual ryegrass seed to Georgia, and one shipment of hairy vetch seed to Texas. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were as follows:
- false labeling as to date of test;
- false labeling in regard to pure seed, weed seed, and other crop seed; and
- false labeling in regard to noxious-weed seed.
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 Texas. The Federal Seed Act is a truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers who buy seed.
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