Minnesota Administrative Rules

1510.0413 EXCEPTIONS TO LABEL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Zero percentages.

If the percentage of any plant nutrient in specialty fertilizer is zero, the plant nutrient must be omitted from the guaranteed analysis statement.

Subp. 2.

Chemical forms of nitrogen.

Chemical forms of nitrogen must be listed, without limitation, when the nitrogen is organic or slowly released. Whenever the chemical forms of nitrogen are claimed, they must be claimed in the form indicated in part 1510.0412, subpart 1, item C, and add up to the total nitrogen guarantee.

Subp. 3.

Custom orders; bulk sales.

A distributor who blends or mixes a fertilizer to a customer's order without a guaranteed analysis of the final mixture or distributes a fertilizer in bulk must furnish each purchaser with an invoice or delivery ticket in written or printed form showing the net weight and guaranteed analysis of each fertilizer sold or used in the mixture and the name and address of the guarantor. Other information in part 1510.0412 is not required for blended, bulk, or mixed fertilizers.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 17.725; 18C.121

History:

19 SR 2485

Published Electronically:

July 24, 2008