Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.
15.54.412 - Misbranding.

RCW 15.54.412
Misbranding.

No person may distribute misbranded commercial fertilizer. A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed to be misbranded:
(1) If its labeling bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading in any particular;
(2) If it is distributed under the name of another fertilizer product;
(3) If its labeling bears any reference to registration under this chapter unless such reference is required by rule under this chapter;
(4) If any word, statement, or other information, required by this chapter or rules adopted thereunder to appear on the label or labeling, is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, design, 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; or
(5) If it purports to be or is represented as a fertilizer, or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or fertilizer unless such plant nutrient or fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by the department by rule. In adopting such rules the department shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official fertilizer terms such as those issued by the association of American plant food control officials.

[ 1987 c 45 § 20.]
NOTES:

Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing

Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.

15.54.265 - Intent—1998 c 36.

15.54.270 - Definitions.

15.54.275 - Bulk fertilizer distribution license—Fee.

15.54.325 - Commercial fertilizer registration—Required for distribution—Application—Fees.

15.54.330 - Commercial fertilizer registration—Application review—Labels and guarantees.

15.54.340 - Labeling requirements.

15.54.350 - Inspection fees.

15.54.362 - Reports—Inspection fees—Late fees—Confidentiality—Penalty—Exception.

15.54.370 - Official samples—Inspection, analysis, testing—Right of entry.

15.54.380 - Penalties for deficiencies upon analysis of commercial fertilizers—Appeal—Disposition of penalties.

15.54.390 - Determination and publication of commercial values—Use in assessment of penalty payments.

15.54.400 - Restrictions on sale—Minimum percentages.

15.54.412 - Misbranding.

15.54.414 - Adulteration.

15.54.420 - Unlawful acts.

15.54.430 - Publication of distribution information, analyses results.

15.54.433 - Fertilizer database—Public availability—Biennial report to legislature.

15.54.436 - Cancellation of license to distribute or of registration—Refusal to register if fraudulent or deceptive practices used—Opportunity for hearing.

15.54.440 - "Stop sale," "stop use," or "withdrawal from distribution" order, when issued—Release—Associated costs.

15.54.450 - Noncompliance—Seizure—Disposition—Associated costs.

15.54.460 - Damages from administrative action, stop sales or seizures.

15.54.470 - Violations—Department discretion—Duty of prosecuting attorney—Injunctions.

15.54.474 - Penalty—Failure to comply with chapter or rule.

15.54.480 - Disposition of moneys.

15.54.490 - Cooperation with other entities.

15.54.500 - Turf fertilizer—Prohibitions on application, sales, and retail display.

15.54.800 - Enforcement of chapter—Adoption of rules.

15.54.820 - Department of ecology—Waste-derived or micronutrient fertilizer—Standards—Written decision—Appeal of decision.

15.54.910 - Prior liability preserved.

15.54.940 - Continuation of rules adopted pursuant to repealed sections.

15.54.950 - Short title.