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: 05/19/2010 and 05/19/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 905.40
Rule Amplifies: 905.40
Prior Effective Dates: 2/20/1969