What does crop seed label include? What is the meaning of the seed label

Editor's note

Seed label is an important attribute of commercial crop seeds. Legal and reasonable seed label can directly indicate seed quality information, which is not only conducive to seed production, operation and use, but also to strengthen management, but also to avoid seed disputes. protect the legitimate rights and interests of seed production, management and users.

The seed Law of the people's Republic of China established the true system of seed labeling, and successively issued supporting measures and standards such as "measures for the Administration of crop seed labels" and "General principles for crop seed labels". The General principles of crop seed labeling is located in the mandatory requirements of national technical specifications, including marking principles, marking items, marking content norms, production requirements, use supervision and so on, which is suitable for the application and development of seed industry in our country.

Seed production enterprises should package and produce seeds in strict accordance with the requirements, so that the broad masses of farmers can buy and use them at ease, and it is also a kind of self-protection for enterprises.

What is the meaning of the seed label?

Answer: through the carrier of seed label, explain or state the license regulations, quality requirements and seed characteristics, quantity, quality responsibility or other relevant conditions of "qualified seeds", and bear the corresponding quality responsibility for its true situation.

What is the definition of seed label?

Answer: specific patterns and text descriptions fixed on the surface or inside and outside of the seed package. For the seeds that can be sold without processing and packaging, the label refers to the specific patterns and text descriptions provided by the seed operator to the seed users when selling the seeds.

What is the function of seed labels?

Answer: the function of seed label is to express quality information and clarify quality responsibility. at the same time, it is also the basis for seed users to identify seed quality when purchasing seeds and when seed quality supervision and management agencies confirm seed quality.

What is the principle of seed label labeling?

A: it is true, legal and standard. Authenticity-the content of the seed label should be true and valid, consistent with the commercial seeds of crops sold. Legal-the contents of seed labels shall comply with the provisions of national laws and regulations and meet the mandatory requirements of the corresponding technical specifications. Specification-the content of the seed label should be accurately and scientifically standardized, and it is stipulated that the content of the label should be described completely on the label.

The text used for the label shall be Chinese, and in addition to the registered trademark, the standard Chinese characters published by the State language and characters working Committee shall be used, and Hanyu Pinyin or other characters with close correspondence may be used at the same time, but the font shall be smaller than the corresponding Chinese. Foreign languages that have no corresponding relationship with Chinese should not be marked except the name and address of the manufacturer of the imported seeds.

Seed labels should be printed clearly and easily, and the warning signs should be eye-catching.

What should be marked on the seed label of the main crop seeds produced, packaged and sold in China?

Answer: crop type, seed category, variety name, origin, main crop seed production license number, main crop variety approval number, crop seed management license number, quality index, quarantine certificate number, net content, production year and month, producer name, producer address (including contact information).