[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5, Parts 200 to 399]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR361.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 361--IMPORTATION OF SEED AND SCREENINGS UNDER THE FEDERAL SEED ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 361.2  General restrictions on the importation of seed and screenings.

    (a) No person shall import any agricultural seed, vegetable seed, or 
screenings into the United States unless the importation is in 
compliance with this part.
    (b) Any agricultural seed, vegetable seed, or screenings imported 
into the United States not in compliance with this part shall be subject 
to exportation, destruction, disposal, or any remedial measures that the 
Administrator determines are necessary to prevent the dissemination into 
the United States of noxious weeds.
    (c) Except as provided in Sec. 361.7(b), coated or pelleted seed may 
enter the United States only if each lot of seed is accompanied by an 
officially drawn and sealed sample of seed drawn from the lot before the 
seed was coated or pelleted. The sample must be drawn in a manner 
consistent with that described in Sec. 361.5 of this part.
    (d) Except as provided in Secs. 361.4(a)(3) and 361.7(c), screenings 
of all agricultural seed and vegetable seed are prohibited entry into 
the United States.