YH Collection of Laws for Electronic Access KENYA “seed processing” means all those treatments that the seed is subjected to other than testing, between harvesting and sale; “seed production” means all the operations leading up to and including final harvesting of the seed from the seed crop field; “seed quality” means seed lots that have met the minimum standards and hence are of high cultivar purity, high genetic and physical purity, are free from noxious weeds, seed borne diseases and pests and have germination capacity; “seed testing” means the examination of a sample of seed with a view to determining its quality for the purpose of producing a specific commercial crop; “seed testing laboratory” means a laboratory for the testing of seed declared by notice in the Gazette to be a seed testing laboratory in accordance with the provisions of the Act; “standard” means the level of quality achieved during field inspection or a laboratory test as defined in these Regulations; “standard seed” means seed that is marketed after standards have been relaxed on account of emergency or disaster so that such seed is subjected only to laboratory tests and post control observation; “storage” means a stage of seed processing in which seed is maintained in a condition such that minimum deterioration of seed lots occur; “technical grounds” means grounds for appeal in cases of rejection in hybrid seed production where an inspector did not consider all the factors of the seed crop prior to rejecting the crop; “test report” means a seed testing laboratory report made on a private sample and on official seed sample; “tested seed” means a sample of an official seed lot in respect of which these are valid laboratory test certificates; “Tribunal” means the Seeds and Plants Tribunal established under section 28 of the Act; “weed” means any plant of type or species different from a crop species growing in or near a registered seed crop so as to constitute a threat to the registered seed crop or the seed produced from it. Prescribed Seeds 3. The seeds of the plant species set out in the First Schedule shall be the prescribed seeds for the purposes of the Act. Seed Testing Station 4. The National Seed Quality Control Service established under section 11 of the Act shall be the official seed testing station. KE011EN Plant Variety, Regulations (Ch. 326), 01/01/1975 (1991) page 4/53