# The Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 8: Official labels for commercial seed not certified as to variety

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following must appear on an official label on commercial seed not certified as to variety—
(a) in the case of—
(i) cereal seed, vegetable seed, beet seed and oil and fibre plant seed, the words “EU rules and standards”;
(ii) fodder seed, the words “UK rules and standards”;
(b) the name and country or country initials of the certification authority;
(c) in the case of—
(i) cereal seed, vegetable seed, beet seed or oil and fibre plant seed, the name or initials of the European Single Market State;
(ii) seed certified in Northern Ireland “UK(NI)”;
(d) the reference number of the seed lot;
(e) either—
(i) the month and year of sealing expressed as “sealed ...[month and year]”; or
(ii) the month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification expressed as “sampled ...[month and year]”;
(f) the species (this must be the botanical name, either in full or in abridged form except that, in the case of beet or vegetable seed, the common name may be used);
(g) the words “commercial seed not certified as to variety”;
(h) the country of production;
(i) the declared net or gross weight or number of seeds;
(j) where granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and the approximate ratio between the weight of the seed and the total weight;
(k) where the germination has been retested the word “retested” followed by the month and year of re-testing.
(2) The label must be coloured brown.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/244/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-marketing-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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