2016 Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 24 - Fertilizing Materials and Additives
§ 69-24-19. Misbranding

No person shall distribute a misbranded soil or plant amendment. A soil or plant amendment shall be deemed to be misbranded if:

(a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(b) if it is distributed under the name of another soil or plant amendment;

(c) if it is not labeled as required in Sections 69-24-7 and 69-24-9 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter;

(d) if it purports to be or is represented as a soil or plant amendment or represented as containing a soil or plant amendment, unless such soil or plant amendment conforms to the definitions of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation. In the adopting of such regulations, the commissioner and State Chemist shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official terms such as those issued by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials; or

(e) if it does not conform to ingredient form, minimums, labeling and investigational allowances in the regulations adopted by the commissioner and State Chemist.