Title 2
Agriculture and Forestry

Chapter 7
Commercial Fertilizer

R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-7-11

§ 2-7-11. Adulteration.

No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer product. A commercial fertilizer is deemed to be adulterated:

(1) If it contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements or directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant life, are not shown upon the label;

(2) If its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling;

(3) If it contains unwanted crop seed or weed seed.

History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 168, § 2.