Title 69, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals

(1) If the analysis shall show that any soil or plant amendment falls short of the guaranteed analysis in any one (1) soil or plant amending ingredient, or in total soil or plant amending ingredients, beyond “investigational allowances” as established by regulation, a penalty of …

(a) No person shall distribute a misbranded soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be misbranded if:(a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;(b) if it is distributed under the name of another soil or plant amendment;(c) if it is not…

(a) No person shall distribute an adulterated soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be adulterated if:(a) it contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, human, animal or aquatic life wh…

The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil or plant amendment and to hold at a designated place, when the commissioner finds said soil or plant amendment is offered or exposed for sale…

(1) If it shall appear from the examination of any soil or plant amendment that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the commissioner shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributo…

The commissioner and State Chemist may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations relating to sampling, analytical methods, forms, minimum percentage, soil or plant amending ingredients, exempted materials, investigational allowances, definitions, records, labels, labeling, lia…

This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, and the State Chemist of Mississippi, as specified in the following sections.

(a) As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the definition ascribed to them herein unless the context requires otherwise:(a) “Beneficial substance” means any substance or compound, other than primary, secondary and micro plant nutrients, and excluding pesticides, …

(1) The commissioner and State Chemist may adopt a rule codifying the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, recommended beneficial substances label, which pertains to plant and soil amendments and plant biostimulant products. The required information shall include…

(1) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner and State Chemist on the form furnished or approved by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of …