The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 6 : Agriculture
Chapter 028 : Fertilizer, Lime, and Beneficial Substances
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 365)-
§ 365. Labels
(a)(1) Any fertilizer or agricultural lime distributed in this State in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:
(A) net weight;
(B) brand and grade, provided that grade shall not be required when no primary nutrients are claimed;
(C) guaranteed analysis; and
(D) name and address of the registrant.
(2) For bulk shipments, this information in written or printed form shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.
(b) A fertilizer or lime formulated according to specifications furnished by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show the net weight, the guaranteed analysis or name, analysis and weight of each ingredient used in the mixture, and the name and address of the distributor and purchaser.
(c) If the Secretary finds that a requirement for expressing calcium and magnesium in elemental form would not impose an economic hardship on distributors and users of agricultural liming materials by reason of conflicting label requirements among states, the Secretary may require by rule that the minimum percent of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, or both, shall be expressed in the following terms:
Total Calcium (Ca) ......................................... percent
Total Magnesium (Mg) ......................................... percent
(d)(1) Any beneficial substance distributed in this State in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:
(A) net weight or volume;
(B) brand name;
(C) purpose statement identifying the purpose of the product;
(D) directions for application or use;
(E) name and address of the registrant; and
(F) a statement of composition showing the amount of each ingredient, which is the agent in a product primarily responsible for the intended effects using the following format:
CONTAINS BENEFICIAL SUBSTANCE(S)
Name of beneficial substance ....................................................................... % (or acceptable units)
Genus and species of microorganism ....................................................................... % viable CFU/cm3, /ml, /g, or other acceptable units
(Identify and list all beneficial substances. Substances shall include ingredient source, if applicable. Ex. “humic acid from leonardite or saponin from Yucca schidigera”).
(2) For products that claim microorganisms, labels shall also include:
(A) the expiration date for use; and
(B) storage conditions.
(3) For bulk shipments of fertilizer, beneficial substances, or lime, the information required under this subsection shall accompany delivery in written or printed form and shall be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.
(4) Efficacy data may be required to support beneficial substance ingredient claims if the ingredient is not presently defined by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials’ Official Publication for the particular claim.
(5) Under a rule adopted under this subsection, an affected person shall be given a reasonable time to come into compliance. (Added 1985, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2021, No. 41, § 10; 2023, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 1, 2024; 2025, No. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)
