Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-1-13 - SALE AND USE OF PESTICIDES
Section 80-1-13-.16 - Stop Sale, Use, Removal Or Hold Orders

(1) When a pesticide, pesticide container or device is found to be deficient or otherwise in violation of the state pesticide laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or others under his direction shall issue a stop sale, stop use, hold or suspension from sale order. The material, container or device to which such an order is directed shall be branded not for sale or use until further notice. Such orders shall be issued in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-2-30.

(2) It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer of pesticides that have been found to deviate from the guaranteed analysis in excess of that allowed by regulation to return such pesticide to the manufacturer or formulator within 30 days following receipt of the violation report from the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

(3) The manufacturer shall advise the Department of Agriculture and Industries of the date on which the violative material is picked up.

(4) The manufacturer shall then advise the Department of Agriculture and Industries, Agricultural Chemistry Section, in writing within six months after the material is returned to the plant as to what disposition was made of such material.

(5) Failure to comply with these requirements, if proven, may constitute grounds for refusing registration of the product.

Author: Charles H. Barnes