TITLE 22

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

CHAPTER 22

SOIL AND PLANT AMENDMENTS

22-2214.  Misbranding. No person shall distribute a misbranded soil amendment or plant amendment in this state. A soil amendment or plant amendment is deemed to be misbranded if:

(1)  Its labeling is false or misleading in any material respect; or

(2)  It is distributed under the name or brand of another soil amendment or plant amendment, unless the distribution is proper under section 22-2205, Idaho Code; or

(3)  It is not labeled as required in section 22-2207, Idaho Code, and according to the rules of the department adopted under this chapter. The rules shall give due regard to the commonly accepted definitions and terms, as stated or provided in section 22-2203, Idaho Code; or

(4)  It purports to be or is represented as a soil amendment or plant amendment, or is represented as containing a soil amendment or plant amendment, unless the soil amendment or plant amendment conforms to the definitions of identity, if any, prescribed by rules of the department. In adopting the rules, the department shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official terms, as stated or provided in section 22-2203, Idaho Code; or

(5)  It does not conform to the ingredient form, minimums, labeling and investigational allowances in the rules adopted by the department.

History:

[22-2214, added 2001, ch. 250, sec. 3, p. 912.]