Administrative Measures for crop seed labelling.

These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Seed Law of the People's Republic of China, aiming at enhancing the administration on the labeling of crops seeds, normalizing the manufacture, mark and use of labels, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of the producers, operators and users. The Measures consist of 22 articles divided into 4 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Contents of Labels (II); The Manufacturing, Use and Management of Labels (III); Supplementary Provisions.
The crop seeds sold or traded within the territory of People's Republic of China shall be marked with labels (art.2). The labels of the crop seeds shall include the type of the crops and the seeds, the name of the variety, the place of production, the serial numbers of the Seed Management License, the quality index, the serial numbers of the quarantine certificates, the net contents, the date of production, the name of the producers, the address and the way of contact (art.4). There shall be separate labeling for any one of the items provided for in Article 5, including the mixed seed, the treated seed, the genetically modified seed, etc. Major crop seeds shall be labeled with the serial numbers of the Seed Production License and the serial numbers of the Approvals.