Oregon Grass Seed Dealer Paying $300K Settlement over Mislabeling May 13, 2021
A Willamette Valley, Ore., grass seed dealer accused of mislabeling over 8 million pounds of seed will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Oregon state agriculture officials.
Dynamic Seed Source LLC and owner Trevor Abbott have agreed to pay the fines to to the Oregon Department of Agriculture as part of the deal, The Capital Press reported. The company will additionally have its wholesale seed dealer’s license suspended for one year, starting June 30, and after that will be on probation for three years.
Investigators determined the company between 2016 and 2018 mislabeled 161 seed lots as Kentucky-31, a popular variety of tall fescue used for livestock forage, manicured lawns, erosion control and turf. Each lot equals up to 55,000 pounds of seed.
Grass Seed Dealer to Pay $300K Settlement Over Mislabeling May 13, 2021
SALEM, Ore. (AP) A Willamette Valley grass seed dealer accused of mislabeling over 8 million pounds of seed will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Oregon state agriculture officials.
Dynamic Seed Source LLC and owner Trevor Abbott have agreed to pay the fines to to the Oregon Department of Agriculture as part of the deal, The Capital Press reported. The company will additionally have its wholesale seed dealer’s license suspended for one year, starting June 30, and after that will be on probation for three years.
Investigators determined the company between 2016 and 2018 mislabeled 161 seed lots as Kentucky-31, a popular variety of tall fescue used for livestock forage, manicured lawns, erosion control and turf. Each lot equals up to 55,000 pounds of seed.
Willamette Valley grass seed dealer to pay $300K settlement over mislabeling
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A Willamette Valley grass seed dealer accused of mislabeling over 8 million pounds of seed will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Oregon state agriculture officials.
Dynamic Seed Source LLC and owner Trevor Abbott have agreed to pay the fines to to the Oregon Department of Agriculture as part of the deal, The Capital Press reported. The company will additionally have its wholesale seed dealer’s license suspended for one year, starting June 30, and after that will be on probation for three years.
Investigators determined the company between 2016 and 2018 mislabeled 161 seed lots as Kentucky-31, a popular variety of tall fescue used for livestock forage, manicured lawns, erosion control and turf. Each lot equals up to 55,000 pounds of seed.
Grass seed dealer to pay $300K settlement over mislabeling
May 11, 2021
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) A Willamette Valley grass seed dealer accused of mislabeling over 8 million pounds of seed will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Oregon state agriculture officials.
Dynamic Seed Source LLC and owner Trevor Abbott have agreed to pay the fines to to the Oregon Department of Agriculture as part of the deal, The Capital Press reported. The company will additionally have its wholesale seed dealer’s license suspended for one year, starting June 30, and after that will be on probation for three years.
Investigators determined the company between 2016 and 2018 mislabeled 161 seed lots as Kentucky-31, a popular variety of tall fescue used for livestock forage, manicured lawns, erosion control and turf. Each lot equals up to 55,000 pounds of seed.
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