Interagency Certification

A.        Interagency certification is the participation of two or more official certifying agencies in performing the services required to certify the same lot or lots of seed.  Oklahoma Seed Certification Standards or comparable standards of other official seed certifying agencies must be met if the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association is to issue interagency certification tags.  This includes the requirement that all certified seed to be tagged by the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association must be analyzed by the Association’s Seed Testing Laboratory.

B.        Only those varieties declared eligible for certification by the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association or another official seed certifying agency will be eligible for interagency certification in Oklahoma .

C.        Seed to be recognized for interagency certification must be received in containers carrying official certification tags or if shipped for conditioning, the previous agencies records, together with the following information:

1.         Variety (if certified as to variety) and kind 

2.         Quantity of seed (pounds or bushels)

3.         Class of seed

4.         Inspection or lot number traceable to the previous agency’s records

D.        Interagency certification tags shall carry the certification identification number and clearly identify the certifying agencies involved, the variety, kind and class of seed.