12 KAR 1:150. Stop sale orders.

      RELATES TO: KRS 250.081(1)(c)5

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 250.081

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: To provide a means of taking administrative action in the form of a "Stop Sale Order" on seed found by analysis, test, examination, or representation to be in violation of the Kentucky Seed Law.

      Section 1. A written or verbal (followed by a written) stop sale order may be issued on any lot of seed found by analysis, test or examination, or upon examination of the label or other graphic or printed representations, or any lot which the director has reasonable cause to believe is in violation of the Kentucky Seed Law and administrative regulations pertaining thereto. Seed under a stop sale order shall not be sold, exposed or offered for sale and shall not be moved from the point where the stop sale order was issued until requirements of the Kentucky Seed Law and administrative regulations have been met and a release has been issued by the director.

      Section 2. Conditions for release shall be:

      (1) Correction of the deficiencies for which the stop sale order was issued; and

      (2) A request in writing or by phone (followed by written request) by the person to whom the stop sale order was issued.

      Section 3. Incorporation by Reference. (1) The following material is incorporated by reference: "Notice of violation and stop sale" (RS-30-5c).

      (2) This document may be inspected, obtained, or copied at the Division of Regulatory Services, 103 Regulatory Services Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0275, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. (20 Ky.R. 3328; eff. 8-24-94.)