Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 40-4 - ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT INDUSTRY
Subject 40-4-21 - HORTICULTURAL GROWING MEDIA
Rule 40-4-21-.03 - Contents of the Label
Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 40-4-21-.03
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) Label information may be printed on the bag containing the product, printed on a sticker placed on the bag, printed on a flyer or tag attached to the bag, or in the case of bulk bags or bulk, any of the above or printed on a fact sheet accompanying the shipment.
(2) The Commissioner shall require each label to contain the following minimum information. Additional information of an instructional or explanatory nature may be provided at the discretion of the registrant.
(a) The product name as
registered.
(b) The volume of the
product in quarts, cubic feet, yards, or metric volumes, or the weight of the
product in ounces, pounds, or metric weights, as registered.
(c) A listing of all physical components
whether organic or inorganic. Components shall be listed in order of decreasing
amount by volume, if they comprise at least 3 per cent or more of total volume
of the product. The percentage of the primary (first-named) component shall be
listed as a 10 percent range of the total volume of the product. Components
shall be described as follows:
1. Bark
products shall be described as raw, aged, processed, or composted. Bark shall
also be specified as pine or softwood (meaning Gymnosperm), or hardwood (not
Gymnosperm), and may include no more than 15 percent by volume wood.
2. Peat products shall be described in
accordance with ASTM standards as to whether they are sphagnum, hypnum,
reed-sedge, humus, or other peat.
3. Wood products shall be described as raw,
aged, processed, or composted.
4.
Readily degradable organic substances shall be listed and described as raw,
aged, processed or composted.
5.
The base material(s) for any other composted product shall be described or
listed.
(d) Intended use
statements such as general recommendations for product use. If cautionary
warnings of uses not recommended are made they should be stated in this section
of the label.
(e) General
fertilization recommendations for use with the product. An acceptable minimum
recommendation would indicate at what time after planting the product required
the addition of fertilizer, or whether the product required the addition of
fertilizer.
(f) An address where
further product information may be obtained, and a telephone number available
during normal business hours for further product information.
(g) For products intended for use by
commercial growers, the date of manufacture, or the month and year of
manufacture, stated at any location on the bag. If the date or month and year
of manufacture is coded, sufficient information must be provided to determine
the date or month and year of manufacture from the code.
Authority O.C.G.A. Sec. 2-12-100et seq.
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