Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 400 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE VIRGINIA FERTILIZER LAW › Section 2VAC5-400-30 - Specialty fertilizer labels

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				The following information, if not appearing on the face or display side in a
				readable and conspicuous form, shall occupy at least the upper third of a side
				of the container, and shall be considered the label. (With the exception of
				"quantity statement," which must always appear on the display panel of the
				package or container.)
1. Quantity statement.
2. Brand name.
3. Grade.
4. Guaranteed Analysis:*
Total Nitrogen (N)
%
% Ammoniacal Nitrogen*** % Nitrate
						  Nitrogen*** % Water Insoluble Nitrogen** % Urea Nitrogen*** % (Other recognized
						  and determinable forms of N)***
Available Phosphoric Acid
						  (P2O5)
%
Soluble Potash (K2O)
%
Additional Plant Nutrients as prescribed by regulation.
**Potential Acidity or Basicity
% or
lbs.
Calcium Carbonate Equivalent per ton.
5. Sources of nutrients, when shown on the
						  label, shall be listed below the completed guaranteed analysis statement.
6. Name and address of registrant.
NOTES: * Zero (0) guarantees should not be
						  made and may not appear in statement except in nutrient guarantee breakdowns.
						  ** If claimed or the statement organic or slow acting nitrogen is used on the
						  label. *** If claimed or required.
B.
				Slowly available or slowly released plant nutrients.
1. No fertilizer label shall bear a statement
				that connotes or implies the presence of a slowly available or slowly released
				plant nutrient unless the nutrient or nutrients are identified and guaranteed
				at a level of at least 15% of the total guarantee for that nutrient or
				nutrients.
2. Types of products
				with slow release properties recognized are (i) water insoluble, such as
				natural organics, ureaform materials, urea-formaldehyde products, isobutylidene
				diurea, oxamide, etc., (ii) coated slow release, such as sulfur coated urea and
				other encapsulated soluble fertilizers, (iii) occluded slow release, where
				fertilizers or fertilizer materials are mixed with waxes, resins, or other
				inert materials and formed into particles and (iv) products containing water
				soluble nitrogen such as ureaform materials, urea-formaldehyde products,
				methylenediurea (MDU), dimethylenetriurea (DMTU), dicyanodiamide (DCD), etc.
				The terms "water insoluble," "coated slow release," "slow release," "controlled
				release," "slowly available water soluble," and "occluded slow release" are
				accepted as descriptive of these products, provided the manufacturer can show a
				testing program substantiating the claim (testing under guidance of Experiment
				Station personnel or a recognized independent researcher acceptable to the
				commissioner). A laboratory procedure, acceptable to the commissioner for
				evaluating the release characteristics of the product, must also be provided by
				the manufacturer upon request of the commissioner.
3. If a label states the amount of organic
				nitrogen present in a phrase, such as "25.0% organic nitrogen," then the water
				insoluble nitrogen guarantee must be not less than 60.0% of the nitrogen so
				designated. Coated urea shall not be included in meeting the 60% requirement.
Example: 10-6-4 Rose Food
25.0% of Nitrogen is Organic
10(Total N) X.25(% N claimed or Organic) X.60
(Average insolubility in H2O) of
				  organic nitrogen sources = 1.5% WIN
4. Association of Official Analytical Chemist
				(AOAC) herein referred to as AOAC International analytical methods or those
				adopted by the commissioner pursuant to § 3.2-3601B of the Virginia
				Fertilizer Act shall be used to substantiate the fact that "Coated-slow
				release" and "occluded slow release" materials are present.