Kansas Statutes 2-2804. Labeling of containers, bulk lots; listing or guaranteeing active ingredients; data substantiating usefulness, when required
(a) Each container of a soil amendment shall be labeled on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form to show the following information:
(1) The net weight of the contents;
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-2804
- Active ingredient: means the ingredient or ingredients which affect the physical, chemical or other characteristics of the soil and thereby improve soil condition. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Bulk: means in nonpackaged form. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Label: means the display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of a soil amendment. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Name: means the specific designation under which the individual product is offered for sale. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- percentage: means by weight. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Registrant: means any person who registers a soil amendment under the provisions of this act. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Soil amendment: means and includes any substance which is intended to improve the physical, chemical or other characteristics of the soil or improve agricultural crop production, except that it shall not include the following: Commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming materials including ground and slaked lime, unmanipulated animal manures, vegetable compost and pesticides. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Usefulness: means that there exists data on a product that proves that the product has a beneficial contribution towards the improvement of the physical, chemical or other characteristics of the soil or that the product improves agricultural crop production. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
- Value: means that a product provides statistically established economic benefits to the end user of the product. See Kansas Statutes 2-2803
(2) the name of the product;
(3) the guaranteed analysis, including the name and the percentage of each active ingredient and the percentage of inert ingredients;
(4) a statement as to the purpose of the product;
(5) adequate directions for use; and
(6) the name and address of the registrant.
(b) Bulk lots shall be labeled by attaching a copy of the label to the invoice, which shall be furnished the purchaser.
(c) No active ingredient may be listed or guaranteed on a label or labeling of a soil amendment without the secretary‘s approval. The secretary shall allow an active ingredient to be listed or guaranteed on the label or labeling if satisfactory supportive data is provided the secretary to substantiate the value and usefulness of the active ingredient. In any case where there are no active ingredients or there are no claims made for the product, the secretary may require supportive data or information to substantiate the value and usefulness of the product. The secretary may rely on outside sources such as the agricultural experiment stations established by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-465, and amendments thereto, for assistance in evaluation of the data submitted.
(d) When an active ingredient is permitted to be listed or guaranteed, it must be determinable by laboratory methods and is subject to inspection and analysis. The secretary may prescribe methods and procedures of inspection and analysis of the active ingredient.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any bulk lots of animal manures except that the quantity and name of any ingredients added thereto shall be specified.