# 7 CFR § 201.7: Purity (including variety)

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.7

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 CFR § 201.7
- **Heading:** Purity (including variety)
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—Agriculture > Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > SUBCHAPTER K—FEDERAL SEED ACT > PART 201—FEDERAL SEED ACT REQUIREMENTS > records for agricultural and vegetable seeds

## Text

The complete record for any lot of seed shall include (a) records of tests, including statements of weed seeds, noxious weed seeds, inert matter, other agricultural seeds, and of any determinations of kind, variety, or type and a description of the methods used; and (b) for seeds indistinguishable by seed characteristics, records necessary to disclose the kind, variety, or type, including a grower's declaration of kind, variety, or type or an invoice, or other document establishing the kind, variety, or type to be that stated, and a representative sample of the seed. The grower's declaration shall be obtained and kept by the person procuring the seed from the grower. A copy of the grower's declaration and a sample of the seed shall be retained by the grower.
[5 FR 30, Jan. 4, 1940, as amended at 20 FR 7929, Oct. 21, 1955; 24 FR 3951, May 15, 1959; 85 FR 40579, July 7, 2020]

## Nearby sections

- [7 CFR § 201.1 § 201.1 Meaning of words.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.1.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.2 § 201.2 Terms defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.2.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.3 § 201.3 Administrator.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.3.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.4 § 201.4 Maintenance and accessibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.4.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.5 § 201.5 Origin.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.5.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.6 § 201.6 Germination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.6.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.7 § 201.7 Purity (including variety).](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.7.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.7a § 201.7a Treated seed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.7a.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.8 § 201.8 Contents of the label.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.8.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.9 § 201.9 Kind.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.9.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.10 § 201.10 Variety.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.10.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.11 § 201.11 Type.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.11.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.11a § 201.11a Hybrid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.11a.md)
- [7 CFR § 201.12 § 201.12 Name of kind and variety.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-201.12.md)

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