Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-11-105

• Commercial fertilizer: means any substance containing one (1) or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for its plant nutrient content and that is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes and gypsum. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
• Distributor: means any person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends commercial fertilizer, or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise supplies commercial fertilizer in this state. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
• guaranteed analysis: means the minimum percentage of plant nutrients claimed in the following order and form:
  (i)

  Total Nitrogen (N) . See Tennessee Code 43-11-103

• Label: means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container, or a statement accompanying a fertilizer. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
• Registrant: means the person who registers commercial fertilizer under this part. See Tennessee Code 43-11-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105