It shall be unlawful for anyone to fail or refuse to clean, process or treat agricultural or vegetable seed or small grain used for planting purposes in violation of any rules or regulations promulgated under the provisions of this article, and it shall also be unlawful for anyone to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or distribute any agricultural or vegetable seed or small grain used for planting purposes unless such seed and grains have been cleaned, processed or treated in accordance with requirements of rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the provisions of this article. Whoever shall violate any rules and regulations or other requirements of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 2-26-32 (1975)