Annual Report -8- 



OFFICIAL 3EKD LABORATORY REPORT FOR FISCAL 1970 



Offtolal Samples 



Agricultural seeds 92 



Mixtures 6U 



Vegetables and herbs U19 



Flowers 373 



Trees and shrubs 16 



Total 96U 



Serviee Samples 



Agricultural ^ 



Mixtures 19 



Vegetables and herbs ^12 



Flowers h^k 



Trees and shrubs 11^ 



Others (weeds etc.) 9 



Total 1072 



Grand Total 2036 



In addition to these seeds which were given 2,602 Tarious tests* 

 the inspectors issued 90 stop sales orders covering 391 lots of seeds 

 that were obviously mislabeled* 



The Seed Laboratory found approximately seven per cent of the 

 official samples mislabeled and issued corresponding violation notices. 



This office again took immediate action on any lots showing poor 

 germination or which were unfit for sale by issuing stop sale orders* 



The Department held ten (10) official hearings before its legal 

 staff for seed concerns who were persistently selling old and outdated 

 stock, or that with poor germination, or that was unfit for seeding 

 stock. The State Seed Law was amended Janunry 1, 1970* 



This is just one more important consumer protection service with 

 which the Division is charged and which it finds inereasinply difficult 

 to handle because of a shortage of funds and personnel. 



