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§ 2-22-4. Labeling.
(a) Soil amendment labels — the following information shall appear on the face or display
side in a readable and conspicuous form, and is considered the label:
(1) Net weight
(2) Brand Name
(3) Guaranteed analysis
| Soil amending ingredients |
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Name and source of ingredient.. % |
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and continued until all soil amending ingredients are listed and percentages given. |
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Total percent of other ingredients |
(4) Purpose of product
(5) Direction for application
(6) Name and address of the registrant.
(b) No information or statement shall appear on any package, label, delivery slip or advertising
matter which is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the use, value, quality,
analysis, type or composition of the soil amendment.
(c) The director may require proof of claims made for any soil amendment. If no claims
are made he or she may require proof of usefulness and value of the soil amendments.
For evidence of proof the director of environmental management may rely on experimental
data, evaluations, or advice supplied from such sources as the dean of the college
of resource development. The experimental design shall be related to Rhode Island
conditions for which the product is intended. The director may accept or reject other
sources of proof as additional evidence in evaluating soil amendments.
(d) No soil amending ingredient may be listed or guaranteed on the labels or labeling
of soil amendments without the permission of the director. The director may allow
a soil amending ingredient to be listed or guaranteed on the label or labeling if
satisfactory supportive data is provided to the director to substantiate the value
and usefulness of the soil amending ingredients. The director may rely on outside
sources such as the director of the agricultural experiment station for assistance
in evaluating the data submitted. When a soil amending ingredient is permitted to
be listed or guaranteed it must be determinable by laboratory methods and is subject
to inspection and analysis. The director may prescribe methods and procedures of inspection
and analysis of the soil amending ingredient. The director may stipulate by regulation,
the quantities of the soil amending ingredient or soil amending ingredients required
in soil amendments.
(e) The director may allow labeling by volume rather than weight in the packaging of soil
amendments.