Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XI - Fertilizers › Chapter 1 - Sale of Fertilizers › Section XI-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Additive
-any substance added to fertilizer
				  in small amounts.
Adulteration
-any situation:
1. where a commercial fertilizer contains any material which
				  is not specifically declared to be a component of the fertilizer;
2. where materials which are likely to cause injury or damage
				  to crop plants are present;
3. where materials containing nitrogen in a form which is but
				  slightly available to plants is added to make up a part of the required
				  nitrogen content; or
4. where the actual analysis is lower than the guaranteed
				  analysis.
Basic Slag
-a by-product from the
				  manufacturing of steel by the Bessemer or open-hearth process.
Commission
-the Feed, Fertilizer, and
				  Agricultural Liming Commission.
Commissioner
-the Commissioner of the
				  Department of Agriculture and Forestry or his duly authorized representatives
				  acting at his discretion.
Composite Sample
-a collection of samples
				  taken from a given lot or load of fertilizer, and these aggregated samples are
				  treated as one representative sample of the total lot or load.
Custom-Mixed Fertilizer
-a fertilizer product
				  which has been produced to the customer's specifications and promotes plant
				  growth or exerts beneficial action on the soil.
Deficiency
-any condition where the required
				  primary plant nutrients constitute less than the percent, by weight,
				  guaranteed.
Fertilizer
-all materials sold for the
				  purpose of promoting the growth of plants or exerting beneficial action on the
				  soil.
Fertilizer
does not include: lime, limestone, marl,
				  gypsum, sulphur, unground bones when not mixed with any other substances, and
				  manure or excrement from any domestic animal which has not been dried or
				  otherwise treated.
Fertilizer Blend
-a mixture of two or more
				  components containing different plant nutrients and mixed together to give a
				  predetermined percentage of each of the nutrients in the final product.
Fertilizer Grade
-the specific percentage of
				  nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid
				  (P2O5), and soluble potash
				  (K2O) or any two of these components.
Guarantor
-a person who manufactures, sells
				  or offers fertilizer for sale under his name or brand.
Micronutrients
-those listed in
				  §107. E herein.
Mixed Fertilizer
-a fertilizer product that
				  contains a minimum of 20 percent by weight of the primary nutrients which
				  promotes plant growth or exerts beneficial action on the soil.
Package
-any parcel, bag, or other container
				  in which fertilizer is stored and/or offered for sale.
Pesticide
-any substance or mixture of
				  substances intended to be used for defoliating or desiccating plants, for
				  destroying or repelling pests, or preventing or mitigating the effects of
				  pests.
Premise
-any place, warehouse, store, truck,
				  railroad car, boat, etc., where fertilizer may be kept by a guarantor.
Primary Plant Nutrients
-nitrogen (N),
				  available phosphoric acid (P2O5),
				  and soluble potash (K2O).
Purchase Invoice
-delivery, scale or meter
				  ticket to identify the fertilizer in the trade channel.
Registrant
-a person who has been registered
				  by the commission as required by
				  R.S.
				  3:1413(A).
Sampling
-the process of taking a portion or
				  a specimen of fertilizer.
Small Packages
-less than 5 gallons of liquid
				  fertilizer and less than 50 pounds of dry material.
Specialty Fertilizer
-any commercial
				  fertilizer distributed in packages containing 16 fluid ounces or less and
				  designed primarily for use on household plants grown for noncommercial
				  purposes.
State Chemist
-the director of the Louisiana
				  Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural
				  Center, or his designee.
Superphosphate
-the product obtained when
				  ground bones or phosphate rock is treated with sulfuric acid. The available
				  phosphoric acid (P2O5) will be 18
				  to 20 percent.
Value of Deficiency
-the dollar value
				  attributable to a penalty calculated in accordance with these
				  rules.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  3:1382.