Noxious weed seeds.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Seeds of the plants listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section shall be considered noxious weed seeds. (1) Seeds with no tolerances applicable to their introduction: (2) Seeds with tolerances applicable to their introduction: (b) The tolerance applicable to the prohibition of the noxious weed seeds listed in paragraph (a)(2) of this section shall be two seeds in the minimum amount required to be examined as shown in column 1 of table 1 of § 361.5. If fewer than two seeds are found in an initial examination, the shipment from which the sample was drawn may be entered. If two seeds are found in an initial examination, a second sample must be examined. If two or fewer seeds are found in the second examination, the shipment from which the samples were drawn may be entered. If three or more seeds are found in the second examination, the shipment from which the samples were drawn may not be entered. If three or more seeds are found in an initial examination, the shipment from which the sample was drawn may not be entered. (c) Any seed of any noxious weed that can be determined by visual inspection (including the use of transmitted light or dissection) to be within one of the following categories shall be considered inert matter and not counted as a weed seed: (1) Damaged seed (other than grasses) with over one half of the embryo missing; (2) Grass florets and caryopses classed as inert: (i) Glumes and empty florets of weedy grasses; (ii) Damaged caryopses, including

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 361.6