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WA Rev Code § 15.53.9015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9015 - Responsible buyer status—Application—Removal—List.

RCW 15.53.9015 Responsible buyer status—Application—Removal—List.(1) To become a responsible buyer, a commercial feed licensee must apply for responsible buyer status on forms provided by the department. The application must include:(a) The name and mailing address of the licensee;(b) The physical address of the licensee;(c) The name, contact information, and signature of the applicant; and(d) Other information required by the department by rule.(2) To be removed from responsible buyer status, the licensee must notify the department in writing. The licensee is not released from responsible buyer status until the department notifies the licensee in writing of such release.(3) The department will maintain a current list of all responsible buyers and make the list available on request.[ 2005 c 18 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9022 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9022 - Misbranding—Definition—Unlawful to distribute.

RCW 15.53.9022 Misbranding—Definition—Unlawful to distribute.It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute misbranded feed. A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded:(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;(2) If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;(3) If it is not labeled as required in RCW 15.53.9016 and in rules prescribed under this chapter;(4) If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed or feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by rule of the department. In the adopting of such rules the department may consider commonly accepted definitions such as those issued by nationally recognized associations or groups of feed control officials;(5) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, 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;(6) If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling.[ 1995 c 374 § 40; 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 8.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9038 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9038 - Department's remedies for noncompliance—"Withdrawal from distribution" order—Condemnation—Seizure.

RCW 15.53.9038 Department's remedies for noncompliance—"Withdrawal from distribution" order—Condemnation—Seizure.(1) When the department has reasonable cause to believe that any lot of commercial feed is adulterated or misbranded or is being distributed in violation of this chapter or any rules hereunder it may issue and enforce a written or printed "withdrawal from distribution" order, or "stop sale" order, warning the distributor not to dispose of the lot of feed in any manner until written permission is given by the department. The department shall release the lot of commercial feed so withdrawn when the provisions and rules have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within thirty days, parties may agree to an alternative disposition in writing or the department may institute condemnation proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction.(2) Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with the provisions and rules is subject to seizure on complaint of the department to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the commercial feed is located. If the court finds the commercial feed to be in violation of this chapter and orders the condemnation of the commercial feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the state. The court shall first give the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial feed or for permission to process or relabel the commercial feed to bring it into compliance with this chapter.[ 1995 c 374 § 42; 1982 c 177 § 5; 1975 1st ex.s. c 257 § 7; 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 16.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 257: See note following RCW 15.13.470.
WA Rev Code § 15.53.904 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.904 - Department's remedies for noncompliance—Classification of crimes—Prosecutions—Injunctions.

RCW 15.53.904 Department's remedies for noncompliance—Classification of crimes—Prosecutions—Injunctions.(1) Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder or who shall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the department in the performance of its duty in connection with the provisions of this chapter, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in RCW 9A.20.021. In all prosecutions under this chapter involving the composition of a lot of commercial feed, a certified copy of the official analysis signed by the department shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the composition.(2) Any person convicted of intentionally violating RCW 15.53.902(4) or the rules issued thereunder is guilty of a gross misdemeanor as provided in RCW 9A.20.021.(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the department to report for prosecution or for the institution of seizure proceedings as a result of minor violations of this chapter when it believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.(4) It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay. Before the department reports a violation for such prosecution, an opportunity shall be given the distributor to present the distributor's view in writing or orally to the department.(5) The department is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Said injunction to be issued without bond.[ 2005 c 40 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 17.]NOTES:Analysis of official sample as evidence: RCW 15.53.9024.
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9042 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9042 - Department to publish distribution information, production data, and analyses comparison.

RCW 15.53.9042 Department to publish distribution information, production data, and analyses comparison.The department shall publish at least annually, in such forms as it may deem proper, information concerning the distribution of commercial feed, together with such data on their production and use as it may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feed within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed on the label or as calculated from the invoice data for customer-formula feeds: PROVIDED, That the information concerning production and use of commercial feeds shall not disclose the operations of any person.[ 1995 c 374 § 43; 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 18.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 1-47, 50-53, and 59-68: See note following RCW 15.36.012.
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9044 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9044 - Disposition of moneys.

RCW 15.53.9044 Disposition of moneys.All moneys collected under this chapter shall be paid to the director and deposited in an account within the agricultural local fund. Such deposits shall be used only in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.[ 2005 c 18 § 9; 1988 c 254 § 5; 1975 1st ex.s. c 257 § 8; 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 19.]NOTES:Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 257: See note following RCW 15.13.470.
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9046 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9046 - Cooperation with other entities.

RCW 15.53.9046 Cooperation with other entities.The director may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter.[ 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9048 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9048 - Chapter is cumulative.

RCW 15.53.9048 Chapter is cumulative.The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy.[ 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 15.53.9056 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.53 - Commercial Feed.|15.53.9056 - Short title.

RCW 15.53.9056 Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Washington Commercial Feed Law."[ 1965 ex.s. c 31 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 15.54.265 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.265 - Intent—1998 c 36.

RCW 15.54.265 Intent—1998 c 36.(1) The legislature intends to strengthen the state's fertilizer adulteration laws to protect human health and the environment by:(a) Ensuring that all fertilizers meet standards for allowable metals;(b) Allowing fertilizer purchasers and users to know about the contents of fertilizer products; and(c) Clarifying the department of ecology's oversight authority over waste-derived fertilizers.(2) The legislature intends to provide better information to the public on fertilizers, soils, and potential health effects by authorizing additional studies on plant uptake of metals and levels of dioxins in soils and products.[ 1998 c 36 § 1.]NOTES:Short title—1998 c 36: "This act may be known and cited as the fertilizer regulation act." [ 1998 c 36 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 15.54.275 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.275 - Bulk fertilizer distribution license—Fee.

RCW 15.54.275 Bulk fertilizer distribution license—Fee.(1) No person may distribute a bulk fertilizer in this state until a license to distribute has been obtained by that person. An annual license is required for each out-of-state or in-state location that distributes bulk fertilizer in Washington state. An application for each location must be filed on forms provided by the business licensing system established under chapter 19.02 RCW and must be accompanied by an annual fee of fifty dollars per location. The license expires on the business license expiration date.(2) An application for license must include the following:(a) The name and address of licensee.(b) Any other information required by the department by rule.(3) The name and address shown on the license must be shown on all labels, pertinent invoices, and storage facilities for fertilizer distributed by the licensee in this state.(4) If an application for license renewal provided for in this section is not filed prior to the business license expiration date, a delinquency fee of fifty dollars must be assessed and added to the original fee and must be paid by the applicant before the renewal license is issued. The assessment of this delinquency fee does not prevent the department from taking any other action as provided for in this chapter.[ 2021 c 282 § 1; 2013 c 144 § 8; 1998 c 36 § 3; 1993 c 183 § 2.]NOTES:Application date—2021 c 282: "All new or renewal applications for registration under this act received on or after June 1, 2021, are subject to the provisions of this act, including all fees required by this act." [ 2021 c 282 § 5.]Effective date—2021 c 282: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect June 1, 2021." [ 2021 c 282 § 6.]Short title—1998 c 36: See note following RCW 15.54.265.
WA Rev Code § 15.54.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.330 - Commercial fertilizer registration—Application review—Labels and guarantees.

RCW 15.54.330 Commercial fertilizer registration—Application review—Labels and guarantees.(1) The department shall examine the commercial fertilizer product registration application form and labels for conformance with the requirements of this chapter. If the application and appropriate labels are in proper form and contain the required information, the particular commercial fertilizer products shall be registered by the department and a certificate of registration shall be issued to the applicant.(2) In reviewing the commercial fertilizer product registration application, the department may consider experimental data, manufacturers' evaluations, data from agricultural experiment stations, product review evaluations, or other authoritative sources to substantiate labeling claims. The data shall be from statistically designed and analyzed trials representative of the soil, crops, and climatic conditions found in the northwestern area of the United States.(3) In determining whether approval of a labeling statement or guarantee of an ingredient is appropriate, the department may require the submission of a written statement describing the methodology of laboratory analysis utilized, the source of the ingredient material, and any reference material relied upon to support the label statement or guarantee of ingredient.(4) Before registering a waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer, the department shall obtain written approval from the department of ecology as provided in RCW 15.54.820. Once a waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer has been approved by the department of ecology, its subsequent use in another product during that registration cycle shall not require department of ecology review. This subsection shall apply to new and renewal registration applications for periods beginning July 1, 1999, and thereafter.[ 1999 c 383 § 2; 1998 c 36 § 5; 1993 c 183 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 21.]NOTES:Effective date—1999 c 383: See note following RCW 15.54.325.Short title—1998 c 36: See note following RCW 15.54.265.
WA Rev Code § 15.54.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.340 - Labeling requirements.

RCW 15.54.340 Labeling requirements.(1) Any packaged commercial fertilizer distributed in this state that is not a customer-formula fertilizer must have placed on or affixed to the package a label stating in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:(a) The net weight;(b) The product name, brand, and grade. The grade is not required if no primary nutrients are claimed;(c) The guaranteed analysis;(d) The name and address of the registrant or licensee. The name and address of the manufacturer, if different from the registrant or licensee, may also be stated;(e) Any information required under WAC 296-307-560 through 296-307-56050;(f) A statement, established by rule, referring persons to the department's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) internet address where data regarding the metals content of the product is located; and(g) Other information as required by the department by rule.(2) Any commercial fertilizer that is distributed in bulk in this state that is not a customer-formula fertilizer must be accompanied by a written or printed statement that includes the information required by subsection (1) of this section and must be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.(3) Each delivery of a customer-formula fertilizer in this state must be accompanied by either a statement, invoice, a delivery slip, or a label if bagged, containing the following information: The net weight; the brand; the name and amount of each ingredient; the guaranteed analysis which may be stated to the nearest tenth of a percent or to the next lower whole number; the name and address of the registrant or licensee, or manufacturer, or both; and the name and address of the purchaser.(4) Each delivery of a customer-formula fertilizer must contain the ingredients specified by the purchaser. A record of the invoice or statement of each delivery must be kept by the registrant or licensee for twelve months and must be available to the department upon request.[ 2008 c 292 § 2; 2003 c 15 § 1; 1999 c 381 § 1; 1998 c 36 § 6; 1993 c 183 § 5; 1987 c 45 § 12; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 22.]NOTES:Effective date—2003 c 15 § 1: "Section 1 of this act takes effect January 1, 2004." [ 2003 c 15 § 2.]Effective date—1999 c 381: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1999." [ 1999 c 381 § 2.]Short title—1998 c 36: See note following RCW 15.54.265.Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.
WA Rev Code § 15.54.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.350 - Inspection fees.

RCW 15.54.350 Inspection fees.(1) There shall be paid to the department for all commercial fertilizers distributed in this state to nonregistrants or nonlicensees an inspection fee of twenty cents per ton of lime and thirty-five cents per ton of all other commercial fertilizer distributed during the year beginning July 1st and ending June 30th.(2) Distribution of commercial fertilizers for shipment to points outside this state may be excluded.(3) When more than one distributor is involved in the distribution of a commercial fertilizer, the last registrant or licensee who distributes to a nonregistrant or nonlicensee is responsible for paying the inspection fee, unless the payment of fees has been made by a prior distributor of the fertilizer.[ 2021 c 282 § 3; 1993 c 183 § 6; 1987 c 45 § 13; 1981 c 297 § 18; 1975 1st ex.s. c 257 § 9; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 23.]NOTES:Application date—Effective date—2021 c 282: See notes following RCW 15.54.275.Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.Severability—1981 c 297: See note following RCW 15.36.201.Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 257: See note following RCW 15.13.470.
WA Rev Code § 15.54.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.370 - Official samples—Inspection, analysis, testing—Right of entry.

RCW 15.54.370 Official samples—Inspection, analysis, testing—Right of entry.(1) It shall be the duty of the department to inspect, sample, make analysis of, and test commercial fertilizers distributed within this state at such time and place and to such an extent as it may deem necessary to determine whether such fertilizers are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The department is authorized to stop any commercial vehicle transporting fertilizers on the public highways and direct it to the nearest scales approved by the department to check weights of fertilizers being delivered. The department is also authorized, upon presentation of proper identification, to enter any distributor's premises, including any vehicle of transport, at all reasonable times in order to have access to commercial fertilizers and to records relating to their distribution.(2) The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those adopted by the department from officially recognized sources.(3) The department, in determining for administrative purposes whether a fertilizer is deficient in any component or total nutrients, shall be guided solely by the official sample as defined in RCW 15.54.270 and obtained and analyzed as provided for in this section.(4) When the inspection and analysis of an official sample has been made, the results of analysis shall be forwarded by the department to the registrant or licensee and to the purchaser, if known. Upon request and within thirty days, the department shall furnish to the registrant or licensee a portion of the sample concerned.(5) Analysis of an official sample by the department shall be accepted as prima facie evidence by any court of competent jurisdiction.[ 1993 c 183 § 8; 1987 c 45 § 16; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 25.]NOTES:Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.
WA Rev Code § 15.54.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.|15.54.380 - Penalties for deficiencies upon analysis of commercial fertilizers—Appeal—Disposition of penalties.

RCW 15.54.380 Penalties for deficiencies upon analysis of commercial fertilizers—Appeal—Disposition of penalties.(1) If the analysis shall show that any commercial fertilizer falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one plant nutrient or in total nutrients, penalty shall be assessed in favor of the department in accordance with the following provisions:(a) A penalty of three times the commercial value of the deficiency, if such deficiency in any one plant nutrient is more than two percent under guarantee on any one commercial fertilizer in which that plant nutrient is guaranteed up to and including ten percent; a penalty of three times the commercial value of the deficiency, if such deficiency in any one plant nutrient is more than three percent under guarantee on any one commercial fertilizer in which that plant nutrient is guaranteed from ten and one-tenth percent to twenty percent; a penalty of three times the commercial value of the deficiency, if such deficiency in any one plant nutrient is more than four percent under guarantee on any one commercial fertilizer in which that plant nutrient is guaranteed twenty and one-tenth percent and above.(b) A penalty of three times the commercial value of the total nutrient deficiency shall be assessed when such deficiency is more than two percent under the calculated total nutrient guarantee.(c) When a commercial fertilizer is subject to penalty under both (a) and (b) of this subsection, only the larger penalty shall be assessed.(2) All penalties assessed under this section on any one commercial fertilizer, represented by the sample analyzed, shall be paid to the department within three months after the date of notice from the department to the registrant or licensee. The department shall deposit the amount of the penalty into an account with the agricultural local fund.(3) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction for a judgment as to the justification of such penalties imposed under subsections (1) and (2) of this section.(4) The civil penalties payable in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall in no manner be construed as limiting the consumer's right to bring a civil action in damage against the registrant or licensee paying said civil penalties.[ 1998 c 36 § 7; 1993 c 183 § 9; 1987 c 45 § 17; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 26.]NOTES:Short title—1998 c 36: See note following RCW 15.54.265.Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.