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Originally Posted by Mischka
Burpee instructs their retailers to destroy seeds that haven't sold at the end of the season. They actually specify that the packets be exposed to water to do this. ...
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There is a law in California and other states that seed lots be dated and may not be sold more than 1 year after the harvest year. The spirit of the law is to protect consumers from expired seed.
So for example, the seed packets and bags that I sell at my nursery are all marked "year 2012". If an inspector came through and found packets for sell with a prior year's date, the fine would be serious.
Some of California's agricultural went federal when the USDA statutes were overhauled a few years ago. I'm not sure if this is one of them.