Title XL, Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry

In this chapter: I. "Brand or product name" means a specific designation applied to an individual horticultural growing medium. II. "Bulk" means not in a package or in packages of one cubic yard or more. III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of agriculture,…

The commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected by duly authorized employees any products sold as horticultural growing media. For this purpose, the commissioner shall have the power to enter into or upon any point of sale during operating hours upon notice and to open and …

The commissioner may adopt such rules under RSA 541-A as the commissioner deems necessary to ensure the accuracy or truthfulness of labels, labeling, registration documents, and content of horticultural growing media, including but not limited to: I. Requiring that all registrant…

The commissioner shall collect a $96 annual registration and inspection fee for each product registered. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer into the agricultural products regulatory fund established in RSA 435:20, IV. Moneys from the…

I. Distribution of horticultural growing media planted with live plant material is exempt from the labeling and registration requirements imposed pursuant to this chapter. II. Distribution of horticultural growing media that is sold to consumers at the site of production and is n…

The commissioner is authorized to revoke registrations of any person or to refuse to register horticultural growing media upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or person has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of the provisions of t…

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 horticultural growing media and to hold at a designated place when the commissioner finds the horticultural growing media is being offered or exp…