Effective: October 29, 1996
Latest Legislation: House Bill 651 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person shall distribute in this state any type of fertilizer in packages unless the packages have placed on or affixed to them in legibly written or printed form the following:
(1) Net weight of the contents;
(2) Brand and product name;
(3) Name and address of the manufacturer or distributor that appears on the license or registration;
(4) Grade expressed in whole numbers only for all mixed fertilizers except specialty fertilizers;
(5) Guaranteed analysis.
(B) No person shall distribute any type of fertilizer in this state in bulk unless the purchaser is supplied, upon delivery, with a shipping invoice containing the following information:
(1) Name and address of the licensee, or registrant;
(2) Name and address of the purchaser, and county of destination;
(3) Date of sale;
(4) Product name;
(5) Net weight;
(6) Grade expressed in whole numbers only for all mixed fertilizers, and other claims, if any. The weight and grade of each material in the mixture and the total weight of the mixture may be stated in lieu of a statement of the grade of the mixture.
(C) No person shall distribute in this state any type of fertilizer in bulk unless the bulk storage is properly labeled with the information required by divisions (B)(1), (4), and (6) of this section. Shipping invoices shall be available for all bulk fertilizer stored at locations other than a place of manufacture.
(D) No person shall manufacture or distribute in this state mixed fertilizer in bulk unless the fertilizers and other materials combined to create the mixed fertilizer are uniformly mixed and present in equal percentages throughout the mixed fertilizer. The director of agriculture may take samples and use the information provided to the purchaser under division (B) of this section to analyze any mixed fertilizer in bulk and determine whether it has been uniformly mixed.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 905 | Agricultural Additives and Lime; Fertilizer
Section 905.01 | Agricultural Additive Definitions.
Section 905.02 | Selling or Exchanging Unregistered Agricultural Additive.
Section 905.03 | Application for Registration of Agricultural Additive.
Section 905.04 | Label Information.
Section 905.05 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.06 | Information Duties - Investigations.
Section 905.07 | Suspending or Revoking of Registration.
Section 905.08 | Holding Additives During Period of Suspension or Revocation.
Section 905.10 | Class Actions.
Section 905.11 | False Representations.
Section 905.31 | Fertilizer Definitions.
Section 905.32 | Application for License.
Section 905.321 | Certification Required.
Section 905.322 | Rules and Regulations Regarding Fertilizer Application.
Section 905.323 | Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans.
Section 905.324 | Confidentiality.
Section 905.325 | Civil Actions; Affirmative Defenses.
Section 905.326 | Application of Fertilizer in Western Basin.
Section 905.327 | Penalty for Unlawful Application of Fertilizer.
Section 905.33 | Registering Custom Mixed Fertilizer as a Specialty Fertilizer.
Section 905.331 | Nonagricultural Production Custom Mixed Fertilizer Blender License.
Section 905.34 | Exemption for Distributor.
Section 905.35 | Label Information.
Section 905.36 | Inspection Fees - Annual Statement of Tonnage.
Section 905.37 | Statement and Reports by Director.
Section 905.39 | Sampling and Analysis.
Section 905.40 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.41 | Design and Construction of Storage Facilities for Anhydrous Ammonia.
Section 905.411 | Orders Prohibiting Use of Anhydrous Ammonia Equipment or System.
Section 905.43 | Mislabeled or Misrepresented Fertilizer.
Section 905.44 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.45 | Refusing, Suspending or Revoking of Registration or License.
Section 905.46 | Holding Fertilizer Offered or Exposed for Sale in Violation of Law.
Section 905.47 | Condemnation Procedures.
Section 905.49 | Restrictions Not Applicable to Certain Importers and Manufacturers.
Section 905.50 | Mislabeled Fertilizer.
Section 905.501 | Civil Penalties.
Section 905.502 | Written Notice of Warning.
Section 905.503 | No Local Regulation of Fertilizers.
Section 905.51 | Liming Material Definitions.
Section 905.52 | Liming Material License.
Section 905.53 | Exemption From License Requirement.
Section 905.54 | Standards of Fineness.
Section 905.55 | Label Information.
Section 905.56 | Annual Tonnage Report - Inspection Fee.
Section 905.57 | Confidentiality of Information.
Section 905.58 | Annual Statement of Liming Material Sales.
Section 905.59 | Sampling and Analysis.
Section 905.60 | Mislabeled Liming Material.
Section 905.61 | Administrative Rules.
Section 905.62 | Revocation and Suspension of License or Refusal to License.
Section 905.63 | Order to Hold Material.