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Agency seeks to align seed rules with national standard, add distributor registration and enforceable reporting
Summary
Stephanie Smith said the agency will amend state seed law to align definitions with the Recommended Uniform State Seed Law (RUSLE), require registration of seed distributors (not products) with an $85 fee, and make reporting (including zero‑sales reports) enforceable to improve accuracy of seed‑treatment and EPA registration data.
Stephanie Smith, deputy director of the Plant Industry Division at the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, described changes to the state’s seed‑law provisions intended to harmonize state definitions with the Recommended Uniform State Seed Law (RUSLE) and to sharpen distributor registration and reporting requirements.
Smith said the agency does not register individual seed products or routinely review product labels, but it does register businesses…
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