SECTION 35:30-30-3. Contents of the label

(a)   Label information may be printed on the primary or secondary display panel on the bag containing the product, printed on a sticker placed on the bag, printed on a flyer or tag attached to the bag, or in the case of bulk bags or bulk, any of the above or printed on a fact sheet accompanying the shipment.

(b)   The Board shall require each label to contain the following minimum information. Additional information of an instructional or explanatory nature may be provided at the discretion of the registrant.

(1)   The product name as registered.

(2)   The quantity of the product in quarts, cubic feet, yards, or metric equivalents or the weight of the product in ounces, pounds, tons or metric weights or the fluid measure in fluid oz, quarts or gallons or metric equivalents as determined by the dominant method of sale by the industry and as registered.

(3)   The guaranteed analysis for inorganic based soil amendments shall include the name and the percentage of each active ingredient, and the percentage of inert ingredients.

(4)   The guaranteed analysis for microbiological based soil amendments intended as an inoculum shall include the expiration date, state the number and kind of viable organisms per milliliter, or, if the product is other than liquid, state the number and kind of viable organisms per gram. If the product is not intended as an inoculum, then the product label shall state that the product is not a viable culture.

(5)   In lieu of a guaranteed analysis for organic based soil amendments an ingredient list shall show all components whether organic or inorganic. Components shall be listed in order of decreasing volume, if they comprise at least three percent (3%) or more of the total volume of the product. Components shall be described as follows:

(A)   Bark products shall be described as raw, aged, processed, or composted. Bark shall also be specified as pine or softwood (meaning Gymnosperm), or hardwood (not Gymnosperm), and may include no more than fifteen per cent (15%) wood by volume.

(B)   Peat products shall be described in accordance with ASTM standards as to whether they are sphagnum, hypnum, reed-sedge, humus, or other peat.

(C)   Wood products shall be described as raw, aged, processed, reprocessed or composted.

(D)   Readily degradable organic substances shall be listed and described as raw, aged, processed or composted.

(E)   The base material for any other composted product shall be described as listed.

(F)   Mulches shall be described as listed in the components.

(G)   Manures shall be described as listed in the components.

(6)   Application rates and intended use statements such as general recommendations for product use. If cautionary warnings of uses not recommended are made, they should be stated in this section of the label.

(7)   An address where further product information may be obtained, and a telephone number available during normal business hours for further product information.

(8)   For products intended for use by commercial growers, the date of manufacture, or the month and year of manufacture, stated at any location on the bag. If the date or month and year of manufacture is coded, sufficient information must be provided to determine the date or month and year of manufacture from the code.

(9)   The Board may require a registrant to include a warning or caution statement to ensure safety.

[Source: Added at 22 Ok Reg 702, eff 5-12-05]