Section 142-CC. Label or accompanying statement and weigh slip  


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  • No
      agricultural liming material shall be  sold,  offered,  or  exposed  for
      sale,  bartered,  given or otherwise supplied in this state unless there
      shall be affixed to each package in a conspicuous place on  the  outside
      thereof  a  plainly  printed,  stamped or otherwise marked label, tag or
      statement or in the case of bulk  sales  or  transfers  there  shall  be
      provided  a  certified  weigh slip plainly printed, stamped or otherwise
      marked, which shall certify as follows:
        1. The name, principal  office  address  and  plant  location  of  the
      manufacturer, producer or distributor.
        2.  The  identification  of  the  product  as  to  the  type of liming
      material.
        3. The brand under which it is sold or supplied.
        4. A statement expressing the minimum total neutralizing value  stated
      as  calcium  carbonate  equivalence and the minimum fineness, at time of
      delivery.
        5. The net weight of the material.
        6. The kind and amount of adulterant or foreign material  therein,  if
      any, expressed by weight of the material.
        7.  In  the  case  of  any  material which has been damaged, hydrated,
      adulterated or otherwise changed subsequent to the  original  packaging,
      labelling,  or  loading  thereof  and before delivery to the consumer, a
      plainly marked notice to that effect shall be affixed by the  vendor  to
      the  package or accompanying statement, such notice to identify the kind
      and degree of such  damage,  hydration,  adulteration  or  other  change
      therein.
        8.  A  guarantee  of  the calcium and magnesium content expressed as a
      percentage by weight of each such element.
        9. For agricultural liming material sold in bulk, a guarantee  of  the
      percentage  of  its  effective  neutralizing  value,  as  determined  in
      accordance with regulations adopted  by  the  commissioner.  Such  value
      shall  also  be expressed separately as the weight of such bulk material
      necessary to equal one ton of agricultural  liming  material  having  an
      effective neutralizing value of one hundred percent.
        At  every  site, from which agricultural liming products are delivered
      in bulk, and at every place where consumer orders  for  bulk  deliveries
      are  placed, there shall be conspicuously posted a copy of the statement
      required by this section for each brand of material.