2-2809

Chapter 2.--AGRICULTURE
Article 28.--SOIL AMENDMENT ACT

      2-2809.   Misbranded or adulterated, defined.(a) For the purposes of this act, a soil amendment shall be deemed to bemisbranded if: (1) It bears a label which is false or misleading in any particular;

      (2)   it is distributed under the name of another soil amendment;

      (3)   it is not labeled in accordance with K.S.A. 2-2804 or rules and regulationsadopted under the provisions of this act; or

      (4)   it purports to be or is represented as being or containing a soilamendment, and does not conform to the standards of identity prescribedby rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this act.

      (b)   For the purposes of this act, a soil amendment shall be deemed tobe adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficientamount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, animal or aquatic lifewhen applied in accordance with the directions for use shown on the label,or if adequate warning statements and directions for use which may be necessaryto protect plant, animal or aquatic life are not shown on the label;

      (2)   its composition differs from that which it is purported to possessby its labeling; or

      (3)   it contains any noxious weed seed.

      History:   L. 1976, ch. 2, § 9; March 2.