Measures for the supervision and spot check of agricultural seed quality.

The purpose of these Measures is to strengthen the supervision and administration of agricultural seed quality, maintain the order of seed market, and regulate the supervision and spot check of agricultural seed quality. The Measures consist of 43 articles divided into 7 Chapters: General provisions (I); Determination of plans and schemes on supervision and spot check (II); Sampling (III); Inspections and submission of results (IV); Disposal of the results of supervision and spot check (V); Administration of supervision and spot check (VI); Supplementary Provisions (VII). The Ministry of Agriculture shall have the responsibility to formulate national supervision and spot check planning as well as the plans of supervisions and spot checks on the same level. An administration of agriculture shall, after adopting a spot check scheme, issue a "Notification for Seed Quality Supervision and Spot Check" to the inspection undertaking institution. The supervisions, spot checks and inspections as organized by the Ministry of Agriculture shall be undertaken by the inspection institutions. The inspection institution shall serve in a timely manner a "Notification on the Result of Seed Quality Supervision and Spot Check" to the enterprise subject to spot check and the producer.