This text of New Mexico § 76-4-4 (Misbranded) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A pesticide or device is misbranded if: A. its labeling bears any statement, design or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading; B. it is contained in a package or other container or wrapping which does not conform to the standards established by the board; C. it is an imitation of or is distributed under the name of another pesticide or device; D. any word, statement or other information, required by the Pesticide Control Act or regulations adopted thereunder to appear on the label or labeling, is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs or graphic matter in the labeling), and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under cu
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A pesticide or device is misbranded if: A. its labeling bears any statement, design or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading; B. it is contained in a package or other container or wrapping which does not conform to the standards established by the board; C. it is an imitation of or is distributed under the name of another pesticide or device; D. any word, statement or other information, required by the Pesticide Control Act or regulations adopted thereunder to appear on the label or labeling, is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs or graphic matter in the labeling), and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; E. the labeling accompanying it does not contain directions for use which are necessary for effecting the purpose for which the product was intended and if complied with, together with any requirements imposed by the Pesticide Control Act and regulations adopted by the board, are adequate to prevent injury to plants and animals including man, and protect against any unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; F. the labeling bears any reference to registration under the provisions of the Pesticide Control Act unless such reference is required by regulations adopted pursuant to the Pesticide Control Act; G. the label does not bear: (1) the name and address of the producer, registrant or person for whom produced; (2) the name, brand or trademark under which the pesticide is distributed; (3) an ingredient statement on that part of the immediate container and on the outside container or wrapper, if there be one through which the ingredient statement on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, of the retail package which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase. However, the department may permit the ingredient statement to appear prominently on some other part of the container, if the size or form of the container makes it impracticable to place the ingredient statement on the part which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase; (4) directions for use and a warning or caution statement which are necessary and which, if complied with, would be adequate for the protection of health and protection against injury to plants and animals including man and protection against any unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; (5) the net weight or measure of the contents; (6) the registration number assigned the pesticide and the registration number of the person formulating the pesticide by the United States environmental protection agency; and (7) a statement of the use classification under which the product is registered, if required by federal or state regulations; H. the pesticide contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to man, as determined by the board unless the label bears, in addition to any other matter required by the Pesticide Control Act: (1) the skull and crossbones or any other symbol required for registration by the United States environmental protection agency; (2) the word "POISON" prominently printed in red on a background of distinctly contrasting color; and (3) a statement of an antidote or practical treatment in case of poisoning by the pesticide; I. the pesticide container does not bear a label or if the label does not contain all the information required by the Pesticide Control Act and the regulations adopted pursuant to the act, or both; J. the label for a spray adjuvant fails to state the type or function of the functioning agents; or K. the label is not printed in English and Spanish, as prescribed by the United States environmental protection agency and by regulations of the board.