[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR361.7]

[Page 497]
 
                          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. 361.7  Special provisions for Canadian-origin seed and screenings.

    (a) In addition to meeting the declaration and labeling requirements 
of Sec. 361.2 and all other applicable provisions of this part, all 
Canadian-origin agricultural seed and Canadian-origin vegetable seed 
imported into the United States from Canada for seeding (planting) 
purposes or cleaning must be accompanied by a certificate of analysis 
issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency or by a private seed 
laboratory accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Samples of 
seed shall be drawn using sampling methods comparable to those detailed 
in Sec. 361.5 of this part. The seed analyst who examines the seed at 
the laboratory must be accredited to analyze the kind of seed covered by 
the certificate.
    (1) If the seed is being imported for seeding (planting) purposes, 
the certificate of analysis must verify that the seed meets the noxious 
weed seed tolerances of Sec. 361.6. Such seed will not be subject to the 
sampling requirements of Sec. 361.3(b).
    (2) If the seed is being imported for cleaning, the certificate of 
analysis must name the kinds of noxious weed seeds that are to be 
removed from the lot of seed. Seed being imported for cleaning must be 
consigned to a facility operated in accordance with Sec. 361.8(a).
    (b) Coated or pelleted agricultural seed and coated or pelleted 
vegetable seed of Canadian origin may be imported into the United States 
if the seed was analyzed prior to being coated or pelleted and is 
accompanied by a certificate of analysis issued in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) Screenings otherwise prohibited under this part may be imported 
from Canada if the screenings are imported for processing or manufacture 
and are consigned to a facility operating under a compliance agreement 
as provided by Sec. 361.8(b).

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0124)