WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Beachner Seed Company, a company operating out of St. Paul, Kan., has paid $1,650 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 tall fescue seed to Missouri and two shipments of tall fescue seed to Kentucky. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were as follows:
- false labeling as to germination percentage.
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 Kentucky and Missouri. The Federal Seed Act is a truth-in-labeling law designed to protect farmers and consumers who buy seed.
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