§ 106-277.17. Registration and variety testing.
§ 106‑277.17. Registration and variety testing.
The Commissioner is authorized to require the registration, after fieldtesting for performance and trueness‑to‑variety, of any variety,blend, or hybrid as a prerequisite to sale in this State and to promulgaterules and regulations pertaining to same. The Commissioner is furtherauthorized to prohibit the sale of any variety, blend, or hybrid or any kind ofcrop, by and with the advice of the Director of the North Carolina AgriculturalResearch Service, that has been found by official field tests to be inferior,misrepresented or unsuited to conditions within the State. (1941, c. 114, s. 6; 1943, c. 203, s. 4; 1945, c. 828;1949, c. 725; 1953, c. 856, s. 5; 1957, c. 263, s. 3; 1963, c. 1182; 1987 (Reg.Sess., 1988), c. 1034, ss. 11, 12; 1989, c. 770, s. 24.)