Seeds Regulations, 2007 (G.N. No. 37 of 2007).

These Regulations implement provisions of the Seed Act, 2003 in respect of the registration of varieties of seed and seed dealers and makes provision with respect to seed classification and standardization for plant species, the labelling, packaging, marketing and use of seed and seed sampling and testing. They establish within the National Seed Committee a National Variety Release Committee (NVRC) and a National Performance Trial Technical Committee (NPT-TC).
An application for the registration as seed dealer shall be submitted to the Director in the form as set out in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations. No variety shall be released in Tanzania unless it has passed Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) test, evaluated through the National Performance Trial and recommended for release by the National Seed Committee. The National Variety Release Committee shall be responsible for reviewing recommendations from the National Performance Trial Technical Committee and recommend for variety release to the National Seed Committee. The Director shall register and issue a Certificate of Registration to the Applicant once his or her variety is approved by Minister pursuant to the Act.
Seed classes and standards for plant species for the purposes of these Regulations shall be as set out in the tables of class standard set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations. No person shall mark or label a package of seed with a variety name unless that seed is of the variety to which the variety name refers. Every package of seed marked with a class name shall have on its label a description that specifies the seed standard as provided for in these Regulations. Specific labelling requirements for seed are set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations. No seed shall be certified unless, it has been produced, inspected, sampled, tested, and complied with the standards set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations. Every seed grower or his agent shall, within thirty days after a seed crop is planted, apply for field inspection. The seed grower shall ensure that the seed quality is maintained during harvesting and transportation to the processing plants. A registered seed processor shall processes only seeds from the approved fields or seeds permitted to be imported into Tanzania. The Regulations also provide some rules concerning the importation and exportation of seeds.
The seeds set out in the Eighth Schedule to these Regulations shall be deemed as prohibited, restricted and noxious weed seeds for the purpose of these Regulations.