Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 18, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 16, 2024
§ 201.62 - Tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype.

Tolerances for tests for determination of percentages of kind, variety, type, hybrid, or offtype shall be those set forth in the following table, added to one-half the required pure seed tol- erances determined in accordance with § 201.60, except that one-half the pure seed tolerance will not be applied in determining tolerances for hybrids labeled on the basis of the percentage of pure seed which is hybrid.

Table 4—Tolerances for Purity Tests, When Results Are Based on 10 to 1,000 Seeds, Seedlings, or Plants Used in a Test

Seed, seedling, or plant count percent Number of seeds, seedlings, or plants in tests
10 20 30 50 75 100 150 200 400 800 1,000
100 or 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 or 210.37.36.04.63.83.32.72.31.61.21.0
96 or 414.410.28.36.45.34.63.73.22.31.71.5
94 or 617.512.410.17.86.45.54.53.92.92.11.9
92 or 820.014.111.58.97.36.35.24.53.42.42.2
90 or 1022.115.712.89.98.17.05.74.93.82.82.4
88 or 1224.017.013.810.78.77.66.25.44.13.02.7
86 or 1425.718.114.711.49.38.16.65.74.53.22.9
84 or 1626.919.015.512.19.88.57.06.04.83.43.0
82 or 1828.220.016.412.610.38.97.36.35.03.63.2
80 or 2029.520.916.913.210.79.37.66.65.33.83.3
78 or 2230.521.617.613.611.09.67.96.85.53.93.5
76 or 2431.422.318.214.111.59.98.17.05.74.13.6
74 or 2632.322.818.614.411.810.28.37.25.84.23.7
72 or 2833.023.419.014.812.110.58.57.46.04.33.8
70 or 3033.723.819.515.112.310.78.77.56.24.43.9
68 or 3234.324.319.915.412.510.88.97.76.34.54.0
66 or 3435.024.720.215.712.711.09.07.86.44.64.0
64 or 3635.425.020.515.812.911.29.17.96.54.64.1
62 or 3835.525.420.615.913.011.39.28.06.64.74.2
60 or 4036.125.720.916.113.211.49.38.16.74.84.2
58 or 4236.225.721.016.213.311.59.48.16.84.84.2
56 or 4436.525.821.016.413.311.59.48.26.84.84.3
54 or 4636.825.821.216.413.411.69.58.26.94.94.3
52 or 4836.825.921.216.513.411.69.58.26.94.94.3
5036.825.921.316.513.411.69.58.26.94.94.3
[32 FR 12781, Sept. 6, 1967, as amended at 33 FR 10841, July 31, 1968; 35 FR 6108, Apr. 15, 1970; 59 FR 64516, Dec. 14, 1994]
authority: 7 U.S.C. 1592.
cite as: 7 CFR 201.62