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The grade shall not be required when no primary nutrients are claimed;3\n\nThe guaranteed analysis, which shall:\n\t\t\t\ta. For fertilizers, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO in its Official Publication in the Rules and Regulations-Fertilizer section of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended, with the percentage of each plant nutrient stated as follows:2\n\nFor unacidulated mineral phosphate materials and basic slag, bone, tankage, and other organic phosphate materials, the available phosphate (P205), or the degree of fineness, or both, may also be guaranteed;3\n\nGuarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen (N), phosphate (P205), and potash (K20) shall be expressed in the form of the element. A statement of the sources of nutrients including oxides, salt, and chelates, may be required on the application for registration of specialty fertilizers, and may be included as a parenthetical statement on the label. Degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds determinable by laboratory methods also may be guaranteed by permission of the Commissioner and with the advice of the Director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. When any degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accord with the methods and regulations prescribed by the Board;\n\t\t\t\t\tb. For soil amendments, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO in its Official Publication in the Labeling section of the Uniform Soil Amendment Bill of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended;\n\t\t\t\t\tc. For horticultural growing media, include a list of ingredients and other guarantees as required by regulation and a statement of added fertilizers, if any;\n\t\t\t\t\td. When compost or digestate derived from sewage sludge, hazardous materials, unrendered animals or poultry or their parts, or other source material specified in regulations established by the Board is used as an ingredient, identify the source material of the compost or digestate;\n\t\t\t\t\te. When an industrial co-product is used as an ingredient, identify the source material and percentage or other acceptable unit; and\n\t\t\t\t\tf. Include a list of such other ingredients and guarantees as may be required by the Board through regulation.4\n\nThe name and address of the registrant or licensee; and5\n\nDirections for use and warning statements in accordance with the standards adopted by AAPFCO in its Officially Adopted Documents of the Official Publication, as amended.B\n\nA commercial fertilizer that is formulated according to specifications provided by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show: (i) the quantity statement; (ii) the guaranteed analysis; and (iii) the name and address of the distributor or the licensee.C\n\n[Repealed.]D\n\nBeginning December 31, 2013, lawn fertilizer and lawn maintenance fertilizer shall be labeled as follows:\n\t\t\t“DO NOT APPLY NEAR WATER, STORM DRAINS, OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. DO NOT APPLY IF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. APPLY THIS PRODUCT ONLY TO YOUR LAWN\/GARDEN, AND SWEEP ANY PRODUCT THAT LANDS ON THE DRIVEWAY, SIDEWALK, OR STREET, BACK ONTO YOUR LAWN\/GARDEN.”","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":306278,"text":"The distributor or guarantor of any regulated product distributed in the Commonwealth shall affix a label to the container or provide an invoice at the time of delivery for a bulk regulated product that states in clear, legible and conspicuous form, in the English language, the following information:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":306279,"text":"The quantity statement;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":306280,"text":"The grade under a given brand. 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A statement of the sources of nutrients including oxides, salt, and chelates, may be required on the application for registration of specialty fertilizers, and may be included as a parenthetical statement on the label. Degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds determinable by laboratory methods also may be guaranteed by permission of the Commissioner and with the advice of the Director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. When any degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accord with the methods and regulations prescribed by the Board;\n\t\t\t\t\tb. For soil amendments, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO in its Official Publication in the Labeling section of the Uniform Soil Amendment Bill of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended;\n\t\t\t\t\tc. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 740<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 104<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 341<\/a>, 353<\/a>, 552<\/a>, and 564<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 538<\/a> and 539<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78420,"section_number":"3.2-3603","catch_line":"Publications","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3603\/"},{"id":86800,"section_number":"3.2-3612","catch_line":"Misbranding","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3612\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195677,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85495,"identifier":"3.2-3611","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3611","url":"\/3.2-3611\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3611\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3611","dublin_core":{"Title":"Labeling","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3611","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The distributor<\/span> or guarantor<\/span> of any regulated product<\/span> distributed in the Commonwealth shall affix a label<\/span> to the container or provide an invoice at the time of delivery for a bulk<\/span> regulated product<\/span> that states in clear, legible and conspicuous form, in the English language, the following information: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The quantity statement<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The grade<\/span> under a given brand<\/span>. The grade<\/span> shall not be required when no primary nutrients<\/span> are claimed; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The guaranteed analysis<\/span>, which shall:\n\t\t\t\ta. For fertilizers<\/span>, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO<\/span> in its Official Publication in the Rules and Regulations-Fertilizer<\/span> section of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended, with the percentage<\/span> of each plant nutrient stated as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> For unacidulated mineral phosphate materials<\/span> and basic slag, bone, tankage, and other organic phosphate materials<\/span>, the available phosphate (P205), or the degree of fineness, or both, may also be guaranteed; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Guarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen (N), phosphate (P205), and potash (K20) shall be expressed in the form of the element. A statement of the sources of nutrients including oxides, salt, and chelates, may be required on the application for registration of specialty fertilizers<\/span>, and may be included as a parenthetical statement on the label<\/span>. Degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds determinable by laboratory methods also may be guaranteed by permission of the Commissioner<\/span> and with the advice of the Director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. When any degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accord with the methods and regulations prescribed by the Board<\/span>;\n\t\t\t\t\tb. For soil amendments<\/span>, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO<\/span> in its Official Publication in the Labeling<\/span> section of the Uniform Soil Amendment<\/span> Bill of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended;\n\t\t\t\t\tc. For horticultural growing media, include a list of ingredients and other guarantees as required by regulation and a statement of added fertilizers, if any;\n\t\t\t\t\td. When compost<\/span> or digestate<\/span> derived from sewage sludge, hazardous materials<\/span>, unrendered animals or poultry or their parts, or other source material<\/span> specified in regulations established by the Board<\/span> is used as an ingredient, identify the source material<\/span> of the compost<\/span> or digestate<\/span>;\n\t\t\t\t\te. When an industrial co-product<\/span> is used as an ingredient, identify the source material<\/span> and percentage<\/span> or other acceptable unit; and\n\t\t\t\t\tf. Include a list of such other ingredients and guarantees as may be required by the Board<\/span> through regulation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The name and address of the registrant<\/span> or licensee<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Directions for use and warning statements in accordance with the standards adopted by AAPFCO<\/span> in its Officially Adopted Documents of the Official Publication, as amended. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A commercial fertilizer<\/span> that is formulated according to specifications provided by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show: (i) the quantity statement<\/span>; (ii) the guaranteed analysis<\/span>; and (iii) the name and address of the distributor<\/span> or the licensee<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Beginning December 31, 2013, lawn fertilizer<\/span> and lawn maintenance fertilizer<\/span> shall be labeled as follows:\n\t\t\t“DO NOT APPLY NEAR WATER, STORM DRAINS, OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. DO NOT APPLY IF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. APPLY THIS PRODUCT ONLY TO YOUR LAWN\/GARDEN, AND SWEEP ANY PRODUCT THAT LANDS ON THE DRIVEWAY, SIDEWALK, OR STREET, BACK ONTO YOUR LAWN\/GARDEN.” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLABELING (\u00a7 3.2-3611)\n\nA. The distributor or guarantor of any regulated product distributed in the\nCommonwealth shall affix a label to the container or provide an invoice at the\ntime of delivery for a bulk regulated product that states in clear, legible and\nconspicuous form, in the English language, the following information:\n\n 1. The quantity statement;\n\n 2. The grade under a given brand. The grade shall not be required when no\n primary nutrients are claimed;\n\n 3. The guaranteed analysis, which shall:\n \t\t\t\ta. For fertilizers, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO in its\n Official Publication in the Rules and Regulations-Fertilizer section of the\n Officially Adopted Documents, as amended, with the percentage of each plant\n nutrient stated as follows:\n\n 2. For unacidulated mineral phosphate materials and basic slag, bone,\n tankage, and other organic phosphate materials, the available phosphate\n (P205), or the degree of fineness, or both, may also be guaranteed;\n\n 3. Guarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen (N), phosphate (P205),\n and potash (K20) shall be expressed in the form of the element. A statement\n of the sources of nutrients including oxides, salt, and chelates, may be\n required on the application for registration of specialty fertilizers, and\n may be included as a parenthetical statement on the label. Degree of acidity\n or alkalinity (pH), beneficial substances, or compounds determinable by\n laboratory methods also may be guaranteed by permission of the Commissioner\n and with the advice of the Director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment\n Station. When any degree of acidity or alkalinity (pH), beneficial\n substances, or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection\n and analysis in accord with the methods and regulations prescribed by the\n Board;\n \t\t\t\t\tb. For soil amendments, conform to the requirements adopted by AAPFCO\n in its Official Publication in the Labeling section of the Uniform Soil\n Amendment Bill of the Officially Adopted Documents, as amended;\n \t\t\t\t\tc. For horticultural growing media, include a list of ingredients and\n other guarantees as required by regulation and a statement of added\n fertilizers, if any;\n \t\t\t\t\td. When compost or digestate derived from sewage sludge, hazardous\n materials, unrendered animals or poultry or their parts, or other source\n material specified in regulations established by the Board is used as an\n ingredient, identify the source material of the compost or digestate;\n \t\t\t\t\te. When an industrial co-product is used as an ingredient, identify the\n source material and percentage or other acceptable unit; and\n \t\t\t\t\tf. Include a list of such other ingredients and guarantees as may be\n required by the Board through regulation.\n\n 4. The name and address of the registrant or licensee; and\n\n 5. Directions for use and warning statements in accordance with the standards\n adopted by AAPFCO in its Officially Adopted Documents of the Official\n Publication, as amended.\n\nB. A commercial fertilizer that is formulated according to specifications\nprovided by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show: (i) the\nquantity statement; (ii) the guaranteed analysis; and (iii) the name and address\nof the distributor or the licensee.\n\nC. [Repealed.]\n\nD. Beginning December 31, 2013, lawn fertilizer and lawn maintenance fertilizer\nshall be labeled as follows:\n\t\t\t“DO NOT APPLY NEAR WATER, STORM DRAINS, OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. DO NOT\nAPPLY IF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. APPLY THIS PRODUCT ONLY TO YOUR LAWN\/GARDEN,\nAND SWEEP ANY PRODUCT THAT LANDS ON THE DRIVEWAY, SIDEWALK, OR STREET, BACK ONTO\nYOUR LAWN\/GARDEN.”\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.5; 1995, c. 104; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 341,\n353, 552, 564; 2022, cc. 538, 539.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}