Federal Seed Act
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The Federal Seed Act is a U.S. law that regulates the labeling and quality standards of agricultural and vegetable seeds sold in interstate commerce to ensure truthfulness and protect buyers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal Seed Act canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5881017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Seed Act Context triple: [Plant Protection Act, relatedTo, Federal Seed Act]
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A.
Federal Crop Insurance Act
The Federal Crop Insurance Act is a U.S. law that establishes and governs the federal crop insurance program to help farmers manage agricultural production and price risks.
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B.
Plant Protection Act
The Plant Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the primary legal framework for preventing, detecting, and controlling the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds to protect agriculture and the environment.
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C.
Agricultural Act of 1970
The Agricultural Act of 1970 was a major U.S. farm bill that restructured federal agricultural support programs, shifting toward more flexible production controls and income support for farmers.
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D.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
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E.
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 is a major U.S. farm bill that overhauled agricultural policy by phasing out traditional price supports and introducing more market-oriented, decoupled income support payments to farmers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Seed Act Target entity description: The Federal Seed Act is a U.S. law that regulates the labeling and quality standards of agricultural and vegetable seeds sold in interstate commerce to ensure truthfulness and protect buyers.
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A.
Federal Crop Insurance Act
The Federal Crop Insurance Act is a U.S. law that establishes and governs the federal crop insurance program to help farmers manage agricultural production and price risks.
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B.
Plant Protection Act
The Plant Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that provides the primary legal framework for preventing, detecting, and controlling the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds to protect agriculture and the environment.
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C.
Agricultural Act of 1970
The Agricultural Act of 1970 was a major U.S. farm bill that restructured federal agricultural support programs, shifting toward more flexible production controls and income support for farmers.
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D.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
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E.
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 is a major U.S. farm bill that overhauled agricultural policy by phasing out traditional price supports and introducing more market-oriented, decoupled income support payments to farmers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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agricultural law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Agricultural Marketing Service
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United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent |
adulteration of seeds
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false advertising of seeds ⓘ mislabeling of seeds ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
agricultural seeds
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interstate commerce ⓘ vegetable seeds ⓘ |
| complements | state seed laws ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enforcedBy |
United States Department of Agriculture
ⓘ
state seed control officials ⓘ |
| focusesOn | truth-in-labeling for seeds ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
|
| legalArea |
commerce regulation
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consumer protection law ⓘ |
| objective |
to improve the quality of seeds sold in the United States
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to promote fair competition in the seed trade ⓘ |
| protects |
consumers of agricultural and vegetable seeds
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farmers ⓘ seed dealers ⓘ |
| providesFor |
civil penalties for violations
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criminal penalties for willful violations ⓘ inspection of seeds in interstate commerce ⓘ sampling of seed shipments ⓘ testing of seed quality ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure truthful labeling of seeds
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to establish quality standards for seeds ⓘ to protect seed buyers from misrepresentation ⓘ to regulate labeling of seeds in interstate commerce ⓘ |
| regulates |
disclosure of germination information
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disclosure of presence of noxious weed seeds ⓘ disclosure of seed kind and variety ⓘ disclosure of seed origin ⓘ disclosure of seed purity ⓘ labeling of seed containers ⓘ |
| requires |
accurate labeling of seed kind and variety
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labeling of germination percentage ⓘ labeling of name and address of the labeler ⓘ labeling of percentage of inert matter ⓘ labeling of percentage of other crop seeds ⓘ labeling of percentage of pure seed ⓘ labeling of percentage of weed seeds ⓘ labeling of test date ⓘ |
| scope |
imported seeds for planting
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interstate shipment of seeds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Seed Act Description of subject: The Federal Seed Act is a U.S. law that regulates the labeling and quality standards of agricultural and vegetable seeds sold in interstate commerce to ensure truthfulness and protect buyers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.