266.321. Information required on containers. - Missouri Statutes

Information required on containers.

266.321. 1. Each container of fertilizer sold, offered for sale orexposed for sale for consumption or use within this state shall bearthereon or have attached thereto in a conspicuous place a plainly writtenstatement in the English language giving the following information:

(1) The name, brand or trademark under which the fertilizer is sold;

(2) The name and address of the person guaranteeing the fertilizer;

(3) Net weight;

(4) The guaranteed chemical composition by weight of the fertilizer,expressed in the following terms:

(a) Percent of total nitrogen (N),

(b) Percent of available phosphate (P2O5),

(c) Percent of soluble potash (K2O).

Unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag shall beguaranteed as to both total and available phosphate, and the degree offineness as expressed in percentage passing through standard mesh sieves.In the case of bone, tankage, and other natural organic phosphatematerials, only total phosphate must be guaranteed. If any fertilizer issold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in bulk, such plainly writtenstatement herein required shall accompany each lot and parcel of suchfertilizer.

2. A fertilizer formulated according to specifications furnished byor for a consumer prior to mixing and intended to be applied using variablerate technology shall be accompanied by a plainly written statement whichshows the guaranteed analysis and net weight of each material used in theformulation and the name and address of the distributor and the consumer.

(L. 1953 p. 9 § 266.310, A.L. 1985 S.B. 65, A.L. 1997 S.B. 179)