2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials
ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
Section 14513.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 14513 (2025)
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14513. “Beneficial substance” means any substance or compound, other than primary plant nutrients, secondary plant nutrients, and micronutrients, and excluding pesticides, that can be demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to one or more species of plants, soil, or media. A beneficial substance includes, but is not limited to, plant biostimulants.

(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 78. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)

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