Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-8. Misbranding
No person shall distribute a misbranded soil amendment. A soil amendment is deemed to be misbranded if:
(a) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;
(b) It is distributed under the name of another soil amendment;
(c) It is not labeled as required in § 2-22-4 and § 2-22-5 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter;
(d) It purports to be or is represented as a soil amendment, unless that soil amendment conforms to the definitions of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation of the director of environmental management; in the adopting of those regulations, the director shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official terms such as those issued by the association of American plant food control officials; or
(e) It does not conform to ingredient form, minimums, labeling and investigational allowances in the regulations adopted by the director.
History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 165, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 2-22-8
- 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
- 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