Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-12. Adulteration
No person shall distribute an adulterated soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be adulterated if:
(1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, animal, or aquatic life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or contains false or misleading information regarding input materials or production process, or if adequate warning statements and directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant, animal, or aquatic life are not shown upon the label;
(2) If its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling; or
(3) If it contains unwanted crop or weed seed, or primary noxious or secondary noxious weed seed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 165, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 63, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-12
- 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.
- Distribute: means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix or blend soil amendments or offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply soil amendments in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Label: means the display of all written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a soil amendment. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Labeling: means all written, printed or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any soil amendment, or advertisements, brochures, posters, or television or radio announcements used in promoting the sale of any soil amendments. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Person: means individual, partnership, association, firm or corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3
- Soil amendment: means any substance which is intended to improve the physical characteristics of the soil, except commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, unmanipulated animal manures, unmanipulated vegetable manures, unmanipulated natural substances (charcoal, sand, pumice, and clay, etc. See Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-3