2-1204. Labeling. (1) Every package or container of commercial fertilizer shall bear a distinctly printed label in the English language on a tag attached to the package or container, or distinctly printed on the package or container. The label shall show and state:
(a) The name and address of the person registering the commercial fertilizer;
(b) the brand and grade of the commercial fertilizer;
(c) the net weight in the package or container;
(d) the registered guaranteed analysis. The guaranteed analysis shall include the minimum percentages of plant foods in the following order and form:
Nitrogen, minimum ____ percent
Available phosphoric acid, minimum ____ percent
Soluble potash, minimum ____ percent,
except (A) unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag shall show the guaranteed analysis in the following order and form:
Total phosphoric acid, minimum ____ percent
Available phosphoric acid, minimum ____ percent
Fineness of grind: ____ percent through mesh screen, and (B) bone, tankage, and other natural organic phosphate materials shall show the guaranteed analysis in the following form:
Total phosphoric acid, minimum ____ percent;
(e) commercial fertilizers containing any ingredient which is injurious to plants, shall be labeled to show: (A) The name and percentage of each such active ingredient; (B) adequate directions for use; and (C) adequate warnings against misuse;
(f) the minimum percentage of any and all other plant food elements or compounds contributing to the value of the commercial fertilizer; and
(g) such other information as may be prescribed by rules and regulations.
(2) Bulk lots shall be accompanied by a label which shall be delivered to the purchaser showing the information required by this section.
(3) No commercial fertilizer, except a specialty fertilizer, shall contain or be manufactured from process tankage.
History: L. 1927, ch. 14, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 2, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 195, § 3; April 30.
Structure Kansas Statutes
2-1201a Custom blender; license; fee; label or delivery slips; contents.
2-1201b Custom blenders; unlawful acts; civil penalty.
2-1202 Registration; application; annual fee; revocations; tonnage reports.
2-1206 Inspections; evidence; stop sale orders; judicial review.
2-1207 Samples for inspection; refusal to permit.
2-1208 Violations; misdemeanor; seizure; injunction.
2-1209 Publication of reports.
2-1209a Invalidity of 2-1201 to 2-1209.
2-1210 Trademarks; change of analysis; rules and regulations.
2-1212 Anhydrous ammonia; regulations.
2-1215 Same; power of municipalities to regulate.
2-1216 Same; duties of secretary; employees.
2-1217 Same; inspection of facilities and equipment; duties of employees, owners and operators.
2-1219 Same; penalty for violations; injunctions; jurisdiction; hearings.
2-1221 Fertilizer research fund; creation; use of moneys; expenditures.
2-1222 Issuance of stop sale or stop use orders.
2-1228 Approval of construction or alteration by the secretary; transferable.
2-1229 Secretary's right to enter property; notice; compliance.
2-1232 Secretary may issue a stop sale or stop use order; judicial review.
2-1234 Storage of liquid fertilizers; mobile containers; requirements.
2-1235 Uniformity of fertilizer law; exclusive jurisdiction of state.