Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-200 - Fertilizers › Section 16-200-715 - Fertilizer labels

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following information, in the format presented, is the
				  minimum information required for all fertilizer labels. For packaged products,
				  this information shall either appear on the front or back of the package; or
				  occupy at least the upper-third side of the package; or be printed on a tag and
				  attached to the package. This information shall be in a readable and
				  conspicuous form. For bulk products, this same information in written or
				  printed form shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at time
				  of delivery.
(1) Net weight.
(2) Brand.
(3) Grade (provided that the grade shall not
				be required when no primary nutrients are claimed.)
(4) Guaranteed analysis*
Total Nitrogen (N)** . . . . . . . . . . . .
								___%
___% ammoniacal nitrogen
___% nitrate nitrogen
___% water insoluble nitrogen
___% urea nitrogen
___% (other recognized and determined
forms of N)
Available Phosphoric Acid
								(P2O5) . . . . . . . . . . . .
								___%
Soluble Potash (K2O) . . . .
								. . . . . . . . ___%
(Other nutrients, elemental basis)*** . . . . . . .
								. . . . . ___%
(5)
				Sources of nutrients guaranteed on the label shall be listed below the
				completed guaranteed analysis statement.
(6) Name and address of registrant.
(7) At a minimum, one of the following label
				statements:
(a) "Information received by the
				Washington state department of agriculture regarding the components in this
				product is available on the internet at
http://agr.wa.gov
."
Through June 30, 2006, you may use the following label
				  statement: "Information received by the Washington state department of
				  agriculture regarding the components in this product is available on the
				  internet at
http://www.wa.gov/agr/
."
(b) "Information regarding the contents and
				levels of metals in this product is available on the internet at
http://agr.wa.gov
."
Through June 30, 2006, you may use the following label
				  statement: "Information regarding the contents and levels of metals in this
				  product is available on the internet at
http://www.wa.gov/agr/
."
(c) "Information regarding the contents and
				levels of metals in this product is available on the internet at
http://www.regulatory-info-xx.com
."
Each registrant must substitute a unique alphanumeric
				  identifier for "xx." This statement may be used only if the registrant
				  establishes and maintains the internet site and the internet site meets the
				  following criteria:
(i) There is no
				advertising or company-specific information on the site; and
(ii) There is a clearly visible, direct
				hyperlink to the department's internet site specified in (a) and (b) of this
				subsection.
(d)
				"Information regarding the contents and levels of metals in this product is
				available on the internet at: "
http://www.aapfco.org/metals.htm
."
Note: The department's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) changed
				  in 2003, thus requiring a revision to the labeling statements required in
				  subsection (7)(a) and (b) of this section. (The new URL is "
http://agr.wa.gov
." The old URL was
				  "http://
www.wa.gov/agr
.") In order for
				  companies to deplete existing stocks and revise labels, the department will
				  allow either URL to be referenced on labels distributed through June 30, 2006.
				  During this "phase-in" period, the department will maintain a redirect link to
				  ensure that people are directed to the appropriate web site when they enter the
				  old URL. Beginning July 1, 2006, all labels distributed in Washington using the
				  statement in subsection (7)(a) or (b) of this section must include the new
				  URL.
*
Zero guarantees shall not be made and shall not
								appear in the statement.
**
If chemical forms of nitrogen are claimed or
								required, the form shall be shown and the percentages of the individual forms
								shall add up to the total nitrogen percentage.
***
As prescribed by WAC
								16-200-711.