Minnesota Administrative Rules

1508.0030 OFFICIAL OR CERTIFIED SAMPLE AND ANALYSIS.

Subpart 1.

Required samples and analyses.

The department shall collect official samples and perform analyses or, in accordance with part 1508.0035, certify producers to collect samples and perform analyses of the producer's production, storage, or blending sites to determine required label information.

Sampling and analysis performed by the department must be done at least once a year at each producer's production, storage, or blending site.

Producers certified to sample ALM must collect and submit samples to the department in accordance with part 1508.0035. Producers certified to sample and analyze ALM must collect samples, perform analyses, and report analytical data in accordance with part 1508.0035.

Subp. 2.

Official ALM analysis and sampling methods.

The most recent edition of "Quality Determination of Liming Materials," from the Soil Testing Laboratories of the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, is the official ALM analysis method. The most recent edition of "Association of American Plant Food Control Officials Inspectors Manual," from the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, Inc., West LaFayette, IN 47907, is the official ALM sampling method. These documents meet the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 18C.561. These documents are incorporated by reference, are not frequently amended, and are available at the Minnesota State Law Library.

Subp. 3.

Verifying label information.

If a distributor or other person believes ALM is mislabeled, the department shall take steps necessary to verify label information including sampling and analysis. If the ALM label is found to be correct in accordance with part 1508.0025, subpart 1, item E, or 2, item B, the requesting party must pay the sampling fee required by Minnesota Statutes, section 18C.551, subdivision 4. If the ALM label is not in accordance with part 1508.0025, subpart 1, item E, or 2, item B, the supplying distributor or producer must pay the fee required by Minnesota Statutes, section 18C.551, subdivision 4. The supplying distributor or producer must also correct information on the label to reflect verified analysis results.

Subp. 4.

Sampling and analysis of blended ALM products blended by distributors.

If two or more ALM products are blended together by a distributor, the department shall take an official sample and perform analysis of the blended ALM, even though an official analysis exists for the separate ALM components of the blend. The distributor blending ALM must pay the sampling fee required by Minnesota Statutes, section 18C.551, subdivision 4.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 18C.575

History:

18 SR 390

Published Electronically:

January 14, 2005