New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 10 - SALE AND ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER

• 143 - Definitions.
  When used in this article, unless otherwise expressly stated: a. The term "commercial fertilizer" shall mean any substances containing one or more recognized plant nutrients...
• 144 - Guaranteed Analysis.
  Guaranteed analysis shall contain a statement of chemical composition in the following form: a. A statement of the minimum percentage of claimed plant nutrients shall...
• 145 - Labelling.
  a. No commercial fertilizer shall be distributed in this state in containers unless there shall be placed on or affixed to the container a label...
• 146 - Licensing.
  (a) No person shall distribute in this state any type of fertilizer until a license to distribute the same has been obtained from the commissioner...
• 146-a - Inspection, Sampling, Analysis.
  a. It shall be the duty of the commissioner, who may act through his authorized agent, to sample, inspect, and analyze commercial fertilizers distributed within...
• 146-b - Misbranded or Adulterated Fertilizer.
  No commercial fertilizer shall be distributed in this state if it is deemed to be misbranded or adulterated. (a) A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed...
• 146-c - Reports and Fees.
  Each licensee who distributes commercial fertilizers in this state shall furnish the commissioner with a written statement of the tonnage of each grade of commercial...
• 146-d - Rules and Regulations.
  The commissioner is hereby authorized, after public hearing, to adopt, promulgate and issue such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to supplement, carry...
• 146-e - Stop Sale Orders.
  The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use or removal" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of...
• 146-f - Ammonium Nitrate Security.
  (a) Ammonium nitrate retailers shall be registered with the department, and such registration shall be based on criteria set forth by the commissioner in consultation...
• 146-g - Retail Sale.
  Any retailer who sells or offers for sale to consumers specialty fertilizer in which the available phosphate (P205) content is greater than 0.67 percent, shall:...

Last modified: February 3, 2019