Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection › Subchapter 30 - Soil Amendment › Section 35:30-30-3 - Contents of the label

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Label
				information may be printed on the primary or secondary display panel on the bag
				containing the product, printed on a sticker placed on the bag, printed on a
				flyer or tag attached to the bag, or in the case of bulk bags or bulk, any of
				the above or printed on a fact sheet accompanying the shipment.
(b) The Board shall require each label to
				contain the following minimum information. Additional information of an
				instructional or explanatory nature may be provided at the discretion of the
				registrant.
(1) The product name as
				registered.
(2) The quantity of the
				product in quarts, cubic feet, yards, or metric equivalents or the weight of
				the product in ounces, pounds, tons or metric weights or the fluid measure in
				fluid oz, quarts or gallons or metric equivalents as determined by the dominant
				method of sale by the industry and as registered.
(3) The guaranteed analysis for inorganic
				based soil amendments shall include the name and the percentage of each active
				ingredient, and the percentage of inert ingredients.
(4) The guaranteed analysis for
				microbiological based soil amendments intended as an inoculum shall include the
				expiration date, state the number and kind of viable organisms per milliliter,
				or, if the product is other than liquid, state the number and kind of viable
				organisms per gram. If the product is not intended as an inoculum, then the
				product label shall state that the product is not a viable culture.
(5) In lieu of a guaranteed analysis for
				organic based soil amendments an ingredient list shall show all components
				whether organic or inorganic. Components shall be listed in order of decreasing
				volume, if they comprise at least three percent (3%) or more of the total
				volume of the product. Components shall be described as follows:
(A) Bark products shall be described as raw,
				aged, processed, or composted. Bark shall also be specified as pine or softwood
				(meaning Gymnosperm), or hardwood (not Gymnosperm), and may include no more
				than fifteen per cent (15%) wood by volume.
(B) Peat products shall be described in
				accordance with ASTM standards as to whether they are sphagnum, hypnum,
				reed-sedge, humus, or other peat.
(C) Wood products shall be described as raw,
				aged, processed, reprocessed or composted.
(D) Readily degradable organic substances
				shall be listed and described as raw, aged, processed or composted.
(E) The base material for any other composted
				product shall be described as listed.
(F) Mulches shall be described as listed in
				the components.
(G) Manures shall
				be described as listed in the components.
(6) Application rates and intended use
				statements such as general recommendations for product use. If cautionary
				warnings of uses not recommended are made, they should be stated in this
				section of the label.
(7) An
				address where further product information may be obtained, and a telephone
				number available during normal business hours for further product
				information.
(8) For products
				intended for use by commercial growers, the date of manufacture, or the month
				and year of manufacture, stated at any location on the bag. If the date or
				month and year of manufacture is coded, sufficient information must be provided
				to determine the date or month and year of manufacture from the code.
(9) The Board may require a registrant to
				include a warning or caution statement to ensure safety.