MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1745

made are in style.

SEC. 9-205. RECORDS; INSPECTION BY SECRETARY.
(A) RECORDS REQUIRED.

EACH WHOLESALER WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE LABEL OR
WHO HANDLES AGRICULTURAL, VEGETABLE, HERE, TREE,
SHRUB, OR FLOWER SEEDS SUBJECT TO THIS SUBTITLE SHALL
MAINTAIN FOR TWO YEARS A COMPLETE RECORD OF EACH LOT
OF AGRICULTURAL, VEGETABLE, HERB, TREE, SHRUB, OR
FLOWER SEED HANDLED. HE SHALL KEEP FOR ONE YEAR A
FILE SAMPLE OF EACH LOT OF SEED AFTER FINAL
DISPOSITION OF THE LOT.

(E) RECORDS ACCESSIBLE FOR INSPECTION BY
SECRETARY.

EVERY RECORD AND SAMPLE PERTAINING TO THE SHIPMENT
INVOLVED SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE
SECRETARY DURING CUSTOMARY BUSINESS HOURS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 48, §154 of the Code. New language is
added to explicitly provide that this section
applies to herbs, trees, and shrubs. The
only other changes made are in style.

SEC. 9-206. LABELING REQUIREMENTS - GENERALLY.
(A) REQUIRED LABELING INFORMATION.

EACH CONTAINER OF TREATED AGRICULTURAL, VEGETABLE,
HERB, FLOWER, TREE, OR SHRUB SEEDS WHICH IS SOLD,
OFFERED OR EXPOSED FOR SALE, OR TRANSPORTED IN THE
STATE [[FOR SOWING PURPOSES]] SHALL BEAR OR HAVE
ATTACHED IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE A PLAINLY WRITTEN OR
PRINTED LABEL OR TAG IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GIVING
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR ANY SEED NAMED AND
TREATED AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBTITLE:

(1)    A WORD OR STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE
SEED IS TREATED;

(2)   THE COMMONLY ACCEPTED, COINED, CHEMICAL,
OR ABBREVIATED CHEMICAL (GENERIC) NAME OF THE APPLIED
SUBSTANCE; AND

(3)    IF THE SUBSTANCE IN THE AMOUNT PRESENT
WITH THE SEED IS HARMFUL TO HUMAN OR OTHER VERTEBRATE
ANIMALS, A CAUTION STATEMENT, SUCH AS "DO NOT USE FOR
FOOD OR FEED OR OIL PURPOSES", THE CAUTION FOR