901:5-1-03 Labeling requirements for fertilizer mixtures.

No person shall distribute any fertilizer mixture if the label includes the term:

(A) “Organic” unless the mixture includes naturally occurring substances generally recognized as hydrogen compounds of carbon and their derivatives;

(B) “Organic Nitrogen” unless:

(1) The mixture includes naturally occurring substances or synthetic compounds of which at least sixty percent of the total nitrogen is water insoluble nitrogen; and

(2) The water insoluble nitrogen content of the mixture shall be not less than fifteen percent of the total nitrogen.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/14/2004 and 04/14/2008

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 905.40

Rule Amplifies: 905.40

Prior Effective Dates: 2/20/1969