California Code
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 14501. - 14501. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the...

Section 14502. - 14502. The secretary shall enforce this chapter and adopt and...

Section 14502.1. - 14502.1. The secretary shall notify every licensee that manufactures, distributes,...

Section 14503. - 14503. Any money which is received by the director pursuant...

Section 14504. - 14504. The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the...

Section 14505. - 14505. Agricultural products derived from municipal sewage sludge shall be...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 14511. - 14511. “Agricultural liming materials” are agricultural minerals composed of calcium...

Section 14512. - 14512. “Agricultural mineral” means any substance with nitrogen (N), available...

Section 14512.5. - 14512.5. “Ammonium nitrate” means solid ammonium nitrate that is chiefly...

Section 14513. - 14513. “Auxiliary soil and plant substance” means any chemical or...

Section 14513.5. - 14513.5. “Biochar” means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass...

Section 14514. - 14514. “Biotics” means all materials for which claims are made...

Section 14515. - 14515. “Board” means the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board. (Repealed and...

Section 14516. - 14516. “Brand” means any term, design, or trademark used in...

Section 14517. - 14517. “Bulk material” means fertilizing materials distributed in nonpackaged form...

Section 14518. - 14518. “Business location” means any place where fertilizing materials are...

Section 14519. - 14519. “Captured dilute solutions” means solutions that contain low levels...

Section 14520. - 14520. “Chelates” means compounds, usually organic, which can combine with...

Section 14521. - 14521. “Chelated plant nutrients” means compounds of metallic secondary nutrients...

Section 14522. - 14522. “Commercial fertilizer” means any substance which contains 5 percent...

Section 14523. - 14523. “Common carrier” means a company licensed with the Public...

Section 14524. - 14524. “Complex” means bonding which includes both of the following:...

Section 14525. - 14525. “Compost” means a biologically stable material derived from the...

Section 14526. - 14526. “Composting” means the biological decomposition of organic matter which...

Section 14527. - 14527. “Derivation statement” means the sources of all guaranteed primary...

Section 14528. - 14528. “Discontinued manufacturing” means an auxiliary soil and plant substance,...

Section 14529. - 14529. “Distribute” means to sell, offer, expose for sale, exchange,...

Section 14530. - 14530. “Distributor” means any person who imports or consigns a...

Section 14531. - 14531. “Experimental use” means any application of a fertilizing material...

Section 14532. - 14532. “Farm use” means that the fertilizing material is used...

Section 14533. - 14533. “Fertilizing material” means any commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, auxiliary...

Section 14534. - 14534. “Fish emulsion” means fertilizing material from which the guaranteed...

Section 14535. - 14535. “Grade” means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphoric...

Section 14536. - 14536. “Guaranteed analysis” means the minimum percentage of primary or...

Section 14537. - 14537. (a) “Gypsum” means calcium sulfate dihydrate, a mineral used...

Section 14538. - 14538. “Hydroponics” means a system in which water soluble primary...

Section 14539. - 14539. “Investigational allowance” means an allowance for variation inherent in...

Section 14540. - 14540. “Label” means the display of all written, printed, or...

Section 14541. - 14541. “Label guarantor” means the manufacturer’s or person’s name appearing...

Section 14542. - 14542. “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter on,...

Section 14543. - 14543. “Licensee” means a person who has obtained a license...

Section 14544. - 14544. “Manufacturer” means a person who produces, sells, or distributes...

Section 14545. - 14545. “Manure” means any substances composed primarily of animal excrement,...

Section 14546. - 14546. “Micronutrients” means boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum,...

Section 14547. - 14547. “Mixed fertilizer” is a commercial fertilizer containing any combination...

Section 14548. - 14548. “Natural organic fertilizer” means materials derived from either plant...

Section 14549. - 14549. “Noncommercial use” means materials used primarily for application to...

Section 14550. - 14550. “Official sample” means any sample of fertilizing material taken...

Section 14550.5. - 14550.5. “Organic input material” means any bulk or packaged commercial...

Section 14551. - 14551. “Packaged” means a fertilizing material distributed in packaged form...

Section 14552. - 14552. “Packaged soil amendment” means any substance distributed for the...

Section 14553. - 14553. “Percent or percentage” means percentage by weight. (Repealed and...

Section 14554. - 14554. “Person” means individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability company,...

Section 14555. - 14555. “Plant” means any business location where fertilizing materials are...

Section 14556. - 14556. “Primary plant nutrient” means nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid...

Section 14557. - 14557. “Provisional registration” means that under certain circumstances, a label...

Section 14558. - 14558. “Registrant” means any person who has registered a packaged...

Section 14559. - 14559. “Secondary plant nutrient” means calcium, magnesium, or sulfur, alone...

Section 14559.5. - 14559.5. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

Section 14560. - 14560. “Sewage sludge” means the solid material resulting from the...

Section 14561. - 14561. “Soil conditioners” means polyelectrolytes, such as complex vinyl and...

Section 14562. - 14562. “Soilless growing medium” means a medium of an inorganic...

Section 14563. - 14563. “Specialty fertilizer” means packaged commercial fertilizer labeled for home...

Section 14564. - 14564. “Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois....

ARTICLE 3 - Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board

Section 14581. - 14581. There is, in the department, a Fertilizer Inspection Advisory...

Section 14582. - 14582. The term of office of a member of the...

Section 14583. - 14583. The board shall be advisory to the secretary and...

Section 14583.5. - 14583.5. (a) The secretary, by January 1, 2012, and in...

Section 14584. - 14584. The board shall elect a chairperson and other officers...

Section 14585. - 14585. The board shall meet at the call of the...

Section 14586. - 14586. The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the advisory...

ARTICLE 4 - Licensing

Section 14591. - 14591. (a) Every person who manufactures or distributes fertilizing materials...

Section 14592. - 14592. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable...

Section 14593. - 14593. The license shall expire on December 31, of an...

ARTICLE 5 - Registration

Section 14601. - 14601. (a) Each differing label, other than weight or package...

Section 14602. - 14602. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable...

Section 14603. - 14603. Each application for renewal shall be accompanied by a...

Section 14604. - 14604. The secretary may grant a provisional registration for a...

ARTICLE 6 - Inspection Fees

Section 14611. - 14611. (a) A licensee whose name appears on the label...

Section 14612. - 14612. Each licensee shall maintain in this state, or with...

Section 14612.5. - 14612.5. (a) Every licensee that manufactures, distributes, or sells ammonium...

Section 14613. - 14613. The payment required by Section 14611, together with a...

ARTICLE 7 - Tonnage Reports

Section 14621. - 14621. The last licensee selling or distributing fertilizing material shall...

Section 14622. - 14622. (a) The secretary shall publish, at least annually, a...

Section 14623. - 14623. The tonnage report shall be submitted to the secretary...

ARTICLE 8 - Labels

Section 14631. - 14631. Every lot, parcel, or package of fertilizing material distributed...

ARTICLE 9 - Inspection, Sampling, and Analysis

Section 14641. - 14641. The secretary shall have free access at reasonable times...

Section 14642. - 14642. The secretary shall, at the times and to the...

Section 14643. - 14643. In determining the percentage of component parts of any...

Section 14644. - 14644. The secretary shall publish, at least annually, the results...

Section 14645. - 14645. The secretary may take a sample for analysis from...

Section 14646. - 14646. The secretary shall establish sampling procedures by regulation. (Amended...

Section 14647. - 14647. Upon the analysis of a sample of fertilizing material,...

Section 14648. - 14648. In any action, civil or criminal, in any court...

Section 14649. - 14649. (a) It is unlawful for the owner of a...

Section 14650. - 14650. (a) Any person who is licensed pursuant to this...

ARTICLE 10 - Violations

Section 14651. - 14651. (a) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, any violation...

Section 14651.5. - 14651.5. (a) The department shall levy an administrative penalty against...

Section 14652. - 14652. (a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture...

Section 14653. - 14653. The secretary may seize and hold any lot of...

Section 14654. - 14654. If the secretary seizes any lot of fertilizing material,...

Section 14655. - 14655. (a) Any lot of fertilizing material for which a...

Section 14656. - 14656. Upon demand of the person who has control of...

Section 14657. - 14657. If the seized and held lot, as determined by...

Section 14658. - 14658. If the seized and held lot is found to...

Section 14659. - 14659. The person who has control of a seized or...

Section 14660. - 14660. The authority for the issuance of citations is limited...

Section 14661. - 14661. (a) The department shall be entitled to receive reimbursement...

ARTICLE 11 - Procedure for Prosecution

Section 14671. - 14671. In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter,...

Section 14672. - 14672. Nothing in this chapter requires the secretary to report...

ARTICLE 12 - Misbranding and Adulteration

Section 14681. - 14681. No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizing materials. A fertilizing...

Section 14682. - 14682. No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizing material. A...

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California Code DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials

California Code
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials