Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 15.00 - Commercial Fertilizer And Lime › Section 15.04 - Agricultural Lime Labeling

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) All
			 agricultural lime materials sold, offered or exposed for sale shall have a
			 label affixed to each package in a conspicuous manner on the outside thereof, a
			 plainly printed, stamped or otherwise marked label, tag of statement, or in the
			 case of bulk sales, a delivery slip, which contains the following information:
(a) Name and principal office address of the
			 manufacturer or distributor;
(b)
			 Brand or trade name of the material;
(c) The identification of the product as to
			 the type of the agricultural liming material, such as limestone, hydrated lime,
			 burnt lime, industrial byproduct, marl and shells;
(d) Net weight;
(e) The minimum percentage of calcium oxide
			 and magnesium oxide and/or calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate shall be
			 expressed in the following form: Total Calcium (Ca)___%. Total Magnesium
			 (Mg)___%.
(f) The minimum calcium
			 carbonate equivalent (CCE) of agricultural liming material that is subject of
			 the label. Calcium Carbonate Equivalent shall be determined by methods
			 prescribed by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
(g) The classification of the fineness of the
			 agricultural liming material that is subject of the label. The minimum
			 percentages by weight of that agricultural liming material which will pass
			 through United States Standard 20, 60 and 100 sieves shall also appear on the
			 label.
(h) The classifications of
			 the fineness of agricultural liming material, as set forth in this section, are
			 the minimum percentages by weight which shall be able to pass through various
			 sizes of United States Standard sieves to earn a particular classification:
Classificaton
_________________
Sieve Size Minimums
_________________________
Fine-sized
95% through a 20 mesh sieve
60% through a 60 mesh sieve
50% through a 100 mesh sieve
Medium-sided
90% through a 20 mesh sieve
50% through a 60 mesh sieve
30% through a 100 mesh sieve
Coarse-sized
80% through a 20 mesh sieve.
20% through a 100 mesh sieve.
(i)
			 The minimum ENV of the agricultural liming material that is subject to the
			 label.
(j) ENV shall be calculated
			 using the following formula: (% by weight passing 20 mesh sieve - % passing 60
			 mesh sieve) x 0.4 = A; (% by weight passing 60 mesh sieve - % passing 100 mesh
			 sieve) x 0.8 = B; (% by weight passing 100 mesh sieve) x 1.0 = C (A + B + C) x
			 Calcium Carbonate Equivalent divided by 100 = ENV
(k) The maximum percentage by weight of the
			 moisture content of the agricultural liming material that is subject to the
			 label. The actual moisture content of the agricultural liming material shall be
			 no more than 10% greater than the percentage by weight of the moisture content
			 expressed on the label.
(l) The
			 information required under 330 CMR 15.04(1)(e), (f), (i), and (j), (relating to
			 elemental calcium and magnesium; CCE; and ENV) shall appear on the label under
			 the heading "Guaranteed Dry Weight Analysis." The guaranteed dry weight
			 analysis on a label shall be deemed deficient if testing of the agricultural
			 liming material that is subject of the label shows that the actual analysis
			 falls below the guaranteed dry weight analysis and any allowed tolerance with
			 respect to any representation required to be set forth on the label by M.G.L.
			 c. 128 or
			 330 CMR 15.00.